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The  Class  of  Nineteen-Twenty-Three 
gladly  accepted  the  duty  of  perpetua- 
ting the  chronicle  of  Bluffton  College. 
We  ask  you,  kind  reader,  to  accept 
this  volume  in  the  same  spirit  in 
which  it  is  given:  neither  as  censor 
nor  as  sponsor.  A  mirror  of  student 
life  in  the  college  days  of  '22,  reflect- 
ing their  joys  and  sorrows,  their  ro- 
mance and  realism.  And  in  the  days 
to  come  may  this  volume  be  a  token 
of  remembrance  which  will  serve  to 
recall  the  glees  and  friendships,  the 
rivalries,  defeats  and  triumphs  along 
the  banks  of  Little  Riley. 


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the  memory  of  Peter  S.  Thut,  a  de- 
voted friend  and  generous  benefactor 
of  our  College,  this  volume  is  affec- 
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Editor-in-Chief C.  Floyd  Byers 

Associate  Editor Edna  lutzi 

Associate  Editor Edna  Hanley 

Associate  Editor Frank  Dyck 

Business  Manager Lyle  Strubhar 

Asst.  Business  Manager Harry  Ramseyer 

Circulation  Manager .   Austin  Lehmann 

Engraving  Editor Sherman  F.  Myers 

Art  Editor Magdalene  Baumgartner 

Organization  Editor Alma  lutzi 

Religious  Editor Vivian  Beeshy 

Athletic  Editor Sidney  Stettler 

Calendar  Editor , Pauline  Schantz 

Snap  Editor  Verna  Krabill 

Humor  Editor Clorinda  Steiner 


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MRS.   MARY  V.   ROPP 


JOHN  ROPP 


BLUFFTON  BENEFACTORS 

They  only  do  not  live  in  vain,  who  use  their  wealth,  thought  and  word  for  others.  What  they  do 
endures  for  ever.  Some  of  the  benefactors  of  Bluff  ton  College  have  pas.sed  to  their  reward.  Others  yet 
see  tlieir  investmnt  in  the  College   grow. 

The  three  families  represented  on  this  and  the  Dedication  pages  have  in  all  contributed  two  hundred 
and  five  thousand  dollars  to  Blulfton  College.  Without  these  gifts  the  work  of  the  College  would  have 
been  impossible. 

The  first  large  contribution  was  made  to  President  N.  C.  Hirschy  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Herschler  of 
Ashland.  Ohio.  Their  gift  was  three  hundred  and  ninety-five  acres  of  land,  later  deeded  to  Bluffton 
College.     Mr.  Herschler  was  a  man  of  strong  character  and  high  ideals. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  S.  Thut  have  long  been  friends  of  Bluffton  College.  They  deeded  their  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  twelve  acres  in  1913  and  later  made  a  bequest  of  over  eleven  thousand  dollars  to  us. 
Both  passed  to  their  rev.ard  within  the  last  year.  Mr.  Thut  will  be  missed  on  the  Camiius  and  in  the 
Halls,   for  he  loved  young  people,  nature  and  music.     He  knew  our  ideals. 

The  largest  individual  giver  to  Bluffton  College  is  Mrs.  Mary  V.  Ropp,  and  the  gifts  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ropp 
and  Mrs.  Mary  Rupp,  mother  of  Mrs.  Ropp,  have  far  e?:ceeded  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Mrs.  Mary 
Rupp  is  ninety-two  years  of  age.     The  Ropps  have  hundreds  of  well-wishers  both  in  College  and  out  of  it. 

Evei-y  college  man  and  woman   holds  dear  the   Bluffton  benefactors  and  their  gifts. 


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THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Ex-Officio 

Samuel   K.  Mosiman,  Presitlent 
H.  A.  Alderfer,  Treasurer 

OLD  MENNONITES 

J.  S.  Umble,  1922 West  Liberty,  0. 

D.  M.  Landis,  1923  Lancaster,  Pa. 

E.  B.  Betzner,  1924  Kitchener,  Ontario 

GENERAL  CONFERENCE  MENNONITES 

J.  F.  Lehman,  1922 Berne,  Lid. 

Maxwell  H.  Kratz,  1923 Philadelphia,  Pa. 

C.  J.  Claassen,  1924  .....: Omaha,  Nebr. 

MENNONITE  BRETHREN  IN  CHRIST 

*L.  J.  Lehman,  1922 Elkhart,  Ind. 

*A.  B.  Yoder,  1923 Elkhart,  Ind. 

B.  A.  Sherk,  1924 Port  Huron,  Mich. 

CENTRAL  CONFERENCE  MENNONITES 

Valentine  Strubhar,  1922 .' Washington,  111. 

Emanuel  Troyer,  1923  Carlock    111. 

L.  D.  Hartzler,  1924  Goshen,  'ind. 

DEFENSELESS  MENNONITES 

W.  M.  Kraft,  1922 Antwerp,  0. 

E.  E.  Rupp,  1923 Archbold,  O. 

D.  N.  Claudon,  1924  Meadows,  111. 

ALUMNI  MEMBERS 

W.  A.  Albrecht,  1922 Columbia,  Mo. 

Lloyd  Pannabecker,  1923  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

A.  J.  Neuenschwander,  1924  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

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NOAH  E,  BYERS,  A.  M.,  Dean  of  College  of  Lib- 
eral Arts  and  Professor  of  Philosophy. 

B.  S.,  Northwestern  University,  1898;  A.  M., 
Harvard  University,  1903.  Dean  of  College 
of  Liberal  Arts  and  Professor  of  Philosophy, 
Bluffton  College,  1913—. 

"His  mind  was  keen, 

Litense  and  frugal,  apt  for  all  affairs." 


ALICE  MUELLER,  A,  B.,  Assistant  Professor  of 
French  and   Spanish. 

A.  B.,  Bluifton  College,  1915.  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  French  and  Spanish,  Bluffton  Col- 
lege, 1915—. 

"A  merry  heart  maketh  a  cheerful 
countenance." 


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GUSTAV  ADOLPH  LEHMAN,  A.    B.,    Dean    of 
Conservatory  and  Professor  of  Music. 

A.  B.,  Earlham  College,  1912.  Student  of 
Sergei  Klibansky.  Professor  of  Music,  Bluff- 
ton College,  1916—. 

"I  was  angry  with  my  friend: 

I  told  my  wrath,  my  wrath  did  end." 


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EDMUND  JOHN  HIRSCHLER,  A,  M.,  Professor 
of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy. 

A.  B.,  University  of  Kansas,  1901;     A.  M., 

University  of  Chicago,     1916.  Professor    of 

Mathematics    and    Astronomy,  Bluffton    Col- 
lege, 1903—. 

"I  live  not  in  myself,  but  I  become 
Portion  of  that  around  me." 


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ELIZABETH  BOEHR,  B,  S.,  Assistant  Professor 
of  Home  Economics. 

B.  S.,  The  University  of  Nebraska,  1917.  In- 
structor in  Home  Economics,  Bluffton  Col- 
lege, 1918—. 

"Art  gives  her  soul  above  its  common  life 
■    And  gives  to  labor  the  fervor  of  imagin- 
ative force." 


HAROLD   B.  ADAMS,   Professor  of 
and  Organ. 


Pianoforte 


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Student  of  Morris,  Amy  Fay,  Sherwood,  God- 
ow.sky.  Professor  of  Pianoforte,  Bluffton 
College,  1908—. 

"O!  It  is  his  with  simple  art 

To  wake  to  sympathy  the  feeling  heart." 


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C.  HENRY  SMITH,  Ph.  D.,  Professor  of  History. 

A.  B.,  University  of  Illinois,  1902;  A.  M., 
University  of  Chicago,  1903;  Ph.  D.,  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  1907.  Professor  of  History, 
Bluffton  College,  1913—. 

"Thru  him  the  rays  of  regal  beauty  shine 
Turned  by  his  nod,  the  stream  of  honor 
flows." 


N.  CECILIA  KETTUNEN,  Instructor  in  Art. 

Student  Art  Institute  of  Chicago,  1917;  Stu- 
dent of  Lorado  Taft,  Sr.,  Mantgelas,  Wall- 
cott,  Charles  Francis  Brown,  Louis  Wilson. 
Instructor  of  Art,  BlufFton  College,  1917 — . 

"A  mighty  spirit  fills  that  little  frame." 


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MARK  EVANS,  Mus.  B.,  Professor  of  Singing. 

Graduate,  Ohio  Northern  University.  Studied 
under  J.  Cortland  Cooper,  Berlin,  Gei-many; 
D.  A.  Clippinger,  Chicago;  W.  W.  Hinshaw, 
New  York.  Professor  of  Singing,  Bluffton 
College,  1916—. 

"All  hearers  in  the  song  they  drink, 
Thank  him  for  giving  their  one  spirit 
voice." 


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REV.  PAUL  E.  WHITMER,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  Profes- 
sor of  Church  History. 

A.  B.,  Oberlin  College,  1907;  B.  D.,  Oberlin 
Theological  Seminary,  1908;  A.  M.,  Universi- 
ty of  Chicago,  1917.  Professor  of  Church 
History,  Bluffton  College  and  Witmarsum 
Theological  Seminary,  1917 — . 

"Wiser  he,  whose  sympathetic  mind, 
Exalts  in  all  the  good  of  all  mankind." 


LEOLA  PEARL  MANN,  Assistant  Professor  of 
Pianoforte. 

Student  in  Bluffton  College  Conservatory, 
1905-06;  Findlay  College,  1907-08;  Cincinna- 
ti Conservatory  of  Music,  1908-09;  Student  of 
Frederick  Maxton,  1917.  Assistant  Professor 
of  Pianoforte,  Bluffton  College,  1911 — . 

"And  as  the  bright  sun  glorifies  the  sky 
So  is  her  face  illumined  with  her  eye." 


SIDNEY  HAUEN.STEIN,  Assistant  Professor  of 
.String  and  Wind  Instruments. 

University  of  Michigan,  1906-07.  Assistant 
Professor  of  String  and  Wind  Instruments, 
Bluffton  College,  1918—. 

"The  kindest  man. 

The  best  conditioned  and  unwearied  spirit 

In  doing  courtesies." 


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HERBERT  WELLER  BERKY,  A.  B., 

of  Chemistry. 


Professor 


A.  B.,  Princeton  University,  1913.     Professor 
of  Chemistry,  Bluffton  College,  1913—. 

"Implore  his  aid  and  in  his  decisions  rest, 
Secure  what  e'er  he  gives,  he  gives  the 
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NAOMI  BRENNEMAN,  A.  M.,  Assistant  Profes- 
sor of  English. 

A.  B.,  Oberlin  College,  1915;  A.  M.,  The  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  1921.  Assistant  Profes- 
sor of  English,  Bluffton  College,  1918—. 

"Who  thinks  her  quiet,  only  proves  tb.e 

law 
Appearances  are  deceiving." 


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FLOYD  PANNABECKER,  A.  M.,  Assistant  Pro- 
fessor of  Physics. 

A.  B.,  Bluffton  College,  1917;  A.  M.,  Bluff- 
ton College,  1918.  Assistant  Professor  of 
Physics,  Bluffton  College,  1918—. 

"The  talent  of  success  is  nothing  more 
Than  doing  well  that  which  you  do." 


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ELMER  ENDE,  Mus.  B.,  Assistant  Professor  of 
Organ  and  Theory  of  Music. 

Mus.  B.,  The  American  Conservatory  of  Mus- 
ic, Chicago,  1915.  Assistant  Professor  of  Or- 
gan and  Theory  of  Music,  BlufFton  College, 
1919—. 

"Every  man  has  his  gifts,  and  the  tools 
go  to  him  that  can  use  them." 


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M'DELLA  MOON,  A.  B.,  Assistant  Professor  of 
Biological  Sciences. 

A.  B.,  Miami  University,  1921.  Assistant 
Professor  of  Biological  Sciences,  Bluf!'ton 
College,  1921—. 

"A  woman  she  seems  of  cheerful  yester- 
days and  confident  tomorrows." 


BOYD  SMUCKER,  M.  O.,  Instructor  in  Oratory. 

M.   O.,   King's   School    of   Oratory,   1908.     In- 
.structor  of  Oratory,  Bluflfton  College,  1915 — . 

"Bid  me  discourse,  I  will  enchant  thine 
ear." 


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PAYSON  MILLER,  A,  M.,  Assistant  Professor  of 
Education. 

A.  B.,  Goshen  College,  1917;  A.  M.,  The  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  1921.  Assistant  Profes- 
sor of  Education,  Bluffton  College,  1921 — . 

"The  wit  and  laughter  that  you  see 
But  thinly  covers  great  ability." 


WANDA   TIESZEN,   A.   B.,   Instructor   in    Latin, 
Spanish,  and  German. 

A.  B.,  Bethel  College,  1919.  Instructor  in 
Latin,  Spanish,  and  German,  Bluffton  Col- 
lege, 1921—. 

"Her  face  shows  gladness, 
And  never  sadness." 


REV.  J.  NORMAN  KING,  A.  B.,     B.  D.,  Acting 
Professor  of  Economics  and  Sociology. 

A.  B.,  Alma  College,  1905;  B.  D.,  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  1909.  Acting  Profes- 
sor of  Economics  and  Sociology,  Bluffton  Col- 
lege, 1921—. 

"Ay,  every  inch  a  king." 


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H.  A.  ALDERFER,  Treasurer. 

"Oh,  blest  with  temper  whose  unclouded  ray 
Can  make  tomorrow  cheerful  as  today!" 


MRS.  LOUISA  YODER,  Matron  of  Ropp  Hall. 

"We  may  live  without  friends;  we  may  live 

without  books, 
But  civilized  man  cannot  live  without  cooks." 


C.  D.  AMSTUTZ,     Superintendent     of     Buildings 
and  Grounds. 

"A  soaring  nature,  ballasted  with  judgment, 
Wisdom  without  hei-  vvrinkles  or  pretense." 


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FACULTY  CLUB 

PROGRAM 

1921-1922 

Monday,  September  26 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alderfer 

Speaker — Professor  Ende 

"Music  as  the  Autobiography  of  Western  Civilization" 

Soloist — Professor  Lehman 

Monday,  October  24 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith 

Speaker — Rev.  King 

"Is  our  Educational  System  Worth  While?" 

Soloist — Mrs.  Mann 

Monday,  November  14 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Hauenstein 
Speaker — Professor  Miller 
"Fundamental  Teaching  Concepts" 
Music — Hauenstein  Trio 

Monday,  December  5 
Ropp  Hall 
Drama 

Misses  Boehr,  Brenneman,  Kettunen,  Mueller, 
Moon  and  Schwenk  and  Mrs.  Mann. 
Soloist — Professor  Adams 

Monday,  January  9 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Smucker 
Speaker — Professor  Quiring 
"Light  from  the  East" 
Music — Mrs.  Mann  and  Miss  Amstutz 

Monday,  February  6 

Rev.  and  Mrs.  Musselman 
Speaker — Professor  Whitmer 
"Literature  of  the  Bible" 
Soloist — Professor  Ende 

Monday,  March  6 

Professor  and  Mrs.  Lehman 
Speaker — Dr.  Smith 
"Wells'  Outline  of  History" 
Soloist — Mrs.  Adams 

Monday,  April  3  A 

President  and  Mrs.  Mosiman 
Speaker — Professor  Berky 
"Einstein's  Theoi-y  of  Relativity" 
Duet — Mesdames  Lehman  and  Smith 

Monday,  May  8 

Professors  and  Mesdames  Berky,  Ende  and  Pannabeckor 
Speaker — Dean  Byers 
"The  War  and   Philosophy" 
Reader — Professor  Smucker 


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JOHN   GEIGEK 


Pandora,   O. 


Physical  Science  ;  Adelpiii- 
an  critic  4  ;  Class  Pres.,  3,  4  ; 
Ath.  Assoc.  Executive  Com.  3  ; 
Atii.  Assoc.  Pres.  4  ;  May  Day 
Chairman  3  ;  Junior  Play  3  ; 
Lalie  Geneva  3  ;  Science  Club 
V.  Pres.  3 ;  Baseball  1  ;  Var- 
ity  B  2,  3,  4  ;  Student  Senate 
4  ;  Honor  Court  Chairman  4  ; 
Y.  M.  Cabinet  4  ;  Associate  Ed- 
itor  Ista   3  ;  Army   1. 


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OBERN    RAMSEYER 

Pulaski,  Iowa. 

Biol.  Science ;  Class  Pres. 
1  :  Class  V.  Pres.  4  ;  Student 
Senate  3,  4  ;  Student  Senate 
Pres.  4  ;  Circulation  Mgr.  Wit- 
marsum  4  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  3,  4  ; 
Y.  M.  Vice  Pres.  4  ;  Lake  Gen- 
eva 2  ;  Ista  Staff  3  ;  Adelphian 
Treas.  2  ;  Science  Club  1,  2,  3  ; 
Republican  Club  Vice  Pres.  3  ; 
Trans-Mississippi    Club    Pres.    2. 


VERA  ALTHAUS     Bluffton,   O. 

Home  Economics ;  Class 
Sec. -Treas.  4  ;  Class  Vice  Pres. 
2  ;  Junior  Play  3  ;  Inter-Society 
Council  2  ;  Hiking  Club  2  ;  Y. 
W.  Cabinet  3,  4  ;  Philomathe- 
an   1.  2,   4. 


K.    K.    KAUFFMAN 

Bremen,  Ind. 

His.      &       Social       Science 
Press  Club   1,   2,  3,  4  ;  Editor-in 
Chief    Ista      3  ;      Editor-in-Chief 
Witmarsum    4  ;    Junior    Play    3 
Des    Moines    Conf.    2  ;    Debating 
Team    2,    3,    4  ;    Y.    M.    Cabinet 

3  ;  Athenian  Pres.  2,  4  ;  Oratory 
Graduate  4  ;  Tri-State  College 
1  ;  Army  2.  Men's  Glee  Club 
Mgr.    4  ;    Debating    Team    Capt. 

4  ;  Debating  Club  Pres.  2  ; 
Hoosier  Club  Treas.  4 ;  Pres. 
Republican    Club    3. 


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S.  L.  FLUECKIGER 

Monroe,   Ind. 

Music ;  Vice  Pres.  Ath. 
Assoc.  4  ;  Vesper  Choir  1,  2,  3, 
4  :  Glee  Club  1,  2.  3.  4  ;  Junior 
Play  Bus.  Mgr.  3 ;  Choral  So- 
ciety 1,  2,  3.  4.  Treas.  1,  3. 
Pres.  4 ;  Orchestra  3,  4  ;  Band 
1,  2,  3.  4  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  4, 
Adelphian  ;  Ista  Staff  3. 


WINIFRED    SCHEID 


Lima,    O. 


History:  Honor  Student  1, 
2;  Basketball  1.  2;  Vesper 
Choir  2;  Press  Club  1,  2;  Glee 
Club   1,   2  ;  Choral   Society   1.   2. 


IRA    BAUMGARTNER 

Berne,    Ind. 

Biol.  Science ;  Traclc  Mgr. 
3  ;  Glee  Club  3,  4  ;  Junior  Play 
3  ;  Lake  Geneva  2  ;  Orchestra  1, 
2,  3,  4  ;  Science  Club  ;  Basket- 
ball Team  1  ;  Track  3  ;  Student 
Senate  3  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  2,  3, 
4,  Pres.  4  ;  Varsity  B  3  ;  Adel- 
phian, Treas.  ;  Ista  Staff  3. 


MABEL   SMITH 


Rawson,   O.        HAROLD  ALDERFER 


Home  Economics ;  May 
Queen  Att.  3  ;  Glee  Club  4  ; 
Choral  Society  2,  3,  4  ;  Eagles- 
mere  3  ;  Science  Club  2  ;  Stu- 
dent Senate  3  ;  Hiking  Club  2  ; 
Y.  W.  Cabinet  3,  4,  Pres.  4  ; 
Philomathean  ;  Ista   Staff   3. 


Bluffton,0. 

History  ;  Honor  Student  3  ; 
Baseball  Mgr.  3  ;  Basket-ball 
Mgr.  4  :  Vesper  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4  ; 
Press  Club  1.  2,  3,  4  ;  Glee  Club 
2.  3,  4  ;  Junior  Play  3  ;  Choral 
Society  1,  2,  3.  4  ;  Lake  Geneva 
2  ;  Springfield  Conf.  2  ;  Penn. 
Club  1,  2  ;  Science  Club  1,  2,  3  : 
Baseball  2,  3,  4  ;  Basket-ball  3. 
4  ;  Varsity  B  2,  3.  4  ;  Adelphi- 
an ;  Ista  Staff  3. 


NAOMI    STEINER    Bluffton,    O. 

Music  ;  May  Queen  Att.  3  ; 
Vesper  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4 ;  Glee 
Club  1,  2,  3,  4,  Sec.-Treas.  3, 
Pres.  4  ;  Junior  Play  3  ;  Choral 
Society  1,  2,  3,  4  ;  Orchestra  3, 
4  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  3,  4  ;  Philo- 
mathean,  Sec.  1,  Vice  Pres.  3. 


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OTHO    THOMPSON 

Bluffton,    O. 

Biol.  Science ;  Class  Pres. 
2  ;  Junior  Play  3  ;  Choral  So- 
ciety 2.  4  ;  Geneva  1  ;  "Hi-Y" 
Leader  4  ;  "Hi-Y"  Conference 
Dayton  4  ;  Science  Club  1,  2,  3, 
4  ;  Sec.  2  ;  Track  3  ;  Student 
Senate  3  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  2,  3, 
4  ;  Ista  Staff  3  ;  Adelphian  Pres. 
4  ;  Sec.  Debatin.e-  Club  4  ;  Hand 
Book  Mgr.   3,  4. 


ETHEL    ROULET 

Pulaski,    Iowa. 

Home  Economics ;  Vesper 
Choir  3,  4  ;  Glee  Club  3.  4 
Junior  Play  3  ;  Choral  Society  2 
3,  4  ;  Trans-Mississippi  Club 
Student  Senate  4  ;  Y.  W.  Cab 
inet  4  ;  Ropp  Hall  Pres.  4 
Philomathean. 


REUBEN    LIECHTY 

Berne,    Ind. 

Philosophy  ;  Orchestra  2,  3, 
4  ;  Band  2,  3,  4  ;  Army  1  ;  Lake 
Geneva  3  ;  Indiana  Club  Vice 
Pres.    4. 


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KUTH    HOSTETTLER 

Bluffton,   O. 

En.ulish  ;  Eaulesmere  2  ;  In- 
tersociety  Council  4  ;  Alethean 
1,  4  ;  Y.  W.  Member  1,  4. 


STEINER    GEIGER 

Bluffton,    O. 

Biol.  Science  ;  Athenian  ; 
Glee  Club  2,  3  ;  Junior  Play  3  ; 
Choral  Society  2,  3;  Lab.  Asst. 
4  ;  Orchestra  2  ;  Band  1.  2.  3,  4  ; 
Inter-Society  Council  3  ;  U.  S. 
Marines   2. 


REBECCA    HOGE 

New    Knoxvillc,    O. 

Home  Economics  ;  Junior 
Play  3  ;  Choral  Society  3,  4  ; 
Eaulesmere  3  ;  Hiking  Club 
Mk'r.  3  ;  Science  Club  3  ;  Y.  M. 
Member ;  Philomathean,  Treas. 
3  ;   Ista   Staff   3. 


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MILO    HERR 


Bluffton,    Ohio 


Mathematics  :  Vesper  Choir 
2.  3.  4  :  Glee  Club  2.  3.  4  ;  Junior 
Play  3  ;  Choral  Society  2  ;  Lake 
Geneva  3  :  Orchestra  3,  4  ;  Band 
2,   3,   4  ;  Y.   M.  Member   2,   3,   4. 


ROBERT   KREHBIEL 

Reedley,    Calif. 

Physical  Science ;  Class 
Pres.  1  ;  Adelphian  ;  Science 
Club  1  ;  Y.  M.  Member  ;  Tennis 
Mg-r.  3  ;  Lake  Geneva  1  ;  Repub- 
lican Club  2  ;  Trans-Mississippi 
Club  ;  Junior  Play  3  ;  I.  P.  T. 
1  ;   Football    3  ;   Varsity   B   3. 


FRED   WELTY 


Lima,    O. 


Social  Science  ;  Adelphian  ; 
Vesper  Choir  1  ;  Glee  Club  1,  4  ; 
Army  2  ;  Ohio  Northern  Uni- 
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AGNES   AMSTUTZ 

Bluffton,    O. 

English  ;  Vesper  Choir  4  ; 
Glee  Club  3,  4  ;  Junior  Play  3  ; 
Choral  Society  2,  !,  4  :  Y.  W. 
Member  2,  3.  4  ;  Philomathean  ; 
Circulation  Msr.  Ista  3  ;  Phil- 
omathean Pres.  4  ;  Choral  So- 
ciety Treas.  4  ;  Choral  Society 
Sec.   3. 


HARRY    C.    KREHBIEL 

Lind,  Washington. 

Phys.  Science ;  Junior  Play 
3  ;  Oberlin  Conf.  2  ;  Geneva  3  ; 
Debating  Team  2,  3,  4  ;  Debat- 
ing Club  Pres.  3  ;  Debating 
Team  Capt.  4  ;  Chemistry  Lab. 
Asst.  4  ;  Trans-Mississippi  Club 
Pres.  3  ;  Business  Mgr.  Wit- 
marsum  4  ;  Inter-Society  Coun- 
cil Sec.  4  ;  Y.  M.  Cabinet  4  ; 
Adelphian,  Critic  3  ;  Depart- 
mental  Honors. 


ELLA   HABEGGER 

Berne,    Ind. 

Hist.  &  Social  Science ; 
Alethean,  Pres.  4  ;  Junior  Play 
3  ;  Choral  Society  1,  2,  3.  4  ; 
Eaglesmere  3  ;  Y.  W.  Vice  Pres. 
3  ;  U.  R.  4  ;  Ropp  Hall  Vice 
Pres.  3  :  Ista  Staff  3  ;  Inter- 
Society   Council   Sec.-Treas.   3. 


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GERHARD   BUHLER 

Mountain   Lake,   Minn. 

Philosophy  &  Education  ; 
Vesper  Choir  1.  2.  3,  4  ;  Glee 
Club  2,  3,  4 ;  Choral  Society  1, 
2,  3,  4  ;  Trans-Mississippi  Club  ; 
Junior  Play  3 ;  Y.  M.  Member 
1,   2,  3,  4  ;  Adeliihian. 


LILLIE   GRATZ 

BluflFton,   O. 

Biol.  Science  ;  Choral  Socie- 
ty Council  4  ;  Y.  W.  Member 
1,  2,  3,  4  ;  Philomathean. 


MUNSON    BIXEL 

Pandora,    O. 

Biol.  Science  ;  Baseball  1, 
2;  Y.  M.  Member  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Junior  Play  3  ;  Asst.  Baseball 
Mgr.  3  ;  Athenian  ;  Varsity  B  ; 
Army  2  ;  Athenian  Pres.  3. 
Chr.  Prop.  Com.  3  ;  Ista  Staff 
3 ;  Eclectic  Medical  College, 
Cincinnati,   Ohio   4. 


CLARA    KINSINGER 

Meadows,   III. 

Modern  Languases ;  Phil- 
omathean ;  Philomathean  Sec. 
3  ;  House  Sec.  and  Treas.  3  ; 
Junior  Play  3  ;  Philomathean 
Prog-ram  Com.  3  ;  Y.  W.  Mem- 
ber ;  Ista   Staff   3. 


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RUSSELL  BIXEL 

Bluffton,   O. 

Hist.  &  Social  Science  ; 
Tennis  Mgr.  2  ;  Tennis  Team  1. 
2,  3,  4;  Y.  M.  Member  1.  2,  3, 
4  ;  Varsity  B  2,   3,  4  ;  Athenian. 


FAERY    HUBER 

Bluflton,   O. 

English  &  Music  ;  Alethean, 
Sec.  2,  Critic  3,  Pres.  3  ;  Choral 
Society  3  ;  Eaglesmere  3  ;  Hei- 
delberg Conf.  3  ;  Student  Sen- 
ate 4  ;  Y.  W.  Sec.  3  ;  Y.  W. 
Cabinet  4  ;  Honor  Student  3  ; 
Associate  Editor  Ista  3  ;  Organ- 
ist Zion  Luthern  Church,  Lima, 
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CHARLES    GROTHAUS 

New  Bremen,  O. 

Hist.  &  Social  Science ;  Y. 
M.  Member  1.  2.  4  ;  Y.  M.  Cab- 
inet   2  :    Adelphian. 


ELVINA    STEINER 

Pandora,    O. 

English ;  Alethean  ;  Aleth- 
ean  Pianist  3  :  Choral  Society 
2  :  Y.  W.  Member. 


JOE    HABEGGAR 


Berne,  Ind. 


Economics  ;  Athenian  ;  Glee 
Club  2  ;  Choral  Society  2,  4  ; 
Orchestra  2  ;  Army  3  ;  Univer- 
sity Michigan   3. 


ETHEL    SCHINDLER 

Palaski,   Iowa 

Home  Economics  ;  Philoma- 
thean  :  Choral  Society  3,  4  ; 
Trans-Mississippi  Club ;  Hiking 
Club  1  ;  Philomathean  Vice 
Pres.    4. 


ABRAM    H.   WIEBE 

Steinbach,   Manitoba. 

Physical  Science  ;  Honor 
Student  1  ;  Chemistry  Lab. 
Asst.  4  ;  Science  Club  1  ;  Y.  M. 
Member    1,    2  ;   Adelphian. 


SUSAN    STEINER 

Pandora,   O. 

Modei-n  Language ;  Choral 
Society  3,  4  ;  Y.  W.  Member  1, 
2,  3,  4  ;  Alethean. 


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WILLIAM    E.    SCHUMACHER 
Pandora,    O. 

Physical  Science  ;  Adel- 
phian  ;  Junior  Class  Play  3  ; 
Lake  Geneva  3  ;  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Member ;  Teacher  in  Public 
School   1917. 


ANDREW   C.   BURCKY 

Tiskiiwa,    111. 

Enalish  ;  Cheer  Leader  1, 
3;  Varsity  Band  1,  3;  Pres. 
Varsity  Band  3  ;  Colleae  Or- 
chestra 1.  3  ;  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Cab- 
inet 3  ;  Varsity  Base  Ball  3  ; 
Adelphian  ;  Army  2  ;  Sec.  Adel- 
Ijhian  Lit.  3  ;  Univor-ji-.y  of  Ill- 
inois 4  ;  Freshman  Varsity,  U. 
of  I.,  4. 


SENIOR  CLASS  CALENDAR 

SUNDAY  AFTERNOON,  MAY  28th,  3:00  O'CLOCK 
College  Chapel 

Baccalaureate  Sermon  S.  K.  Mosiman 

President  of  Bluffton  College 

TUESDAY  MORNING  AND  AFTERNOON,  MAY  30th 

Campus 

Athletic  Events  May  Day  Festivities 

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  31st 

Class  Day 

THURSDAY,  JUNE  1st 
Alumni  Day 

FRIDAY  MORNING,  JUNE  2nd 
College  Chapel 

Commencement  Address E.  B.  Byran 

President  of  Ohio  University 
Conferring  of  Degrees S.  K.  Mosiman 

President  of  Bluffton  College 


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SENIOR  CLASS  HISTORY 

Agnes  Amstutz 

In  the  fall  of  Nineteen  Eighteen,  there  came  to  Bluffton  College,  thirty-eight  re- 
markable Freshmen  and  adopted  her  as  their  Alma  Mater.  If  they  were  lonesome  and 
shy  of  each  other  at  first,  they  did  not  remain  so  for  long,  for  the  get-acquainted  party 
at  the  Gjinnasium  served  its  purpose  very  well  indeed.  Having  chosen  Dr.  Good  as 
Faculty  Advisor  and  Obern  Ramseyer  as  their  first  President,  the  Class  of  '22  started 
on  its  four  year  journey. 

Since  many  of  the  upper  classmen  were  that  year  serving  their  colors,  Bluffton  Col- 
lege had  all  the  more  need  of  this  vigorous,  energetic  group  of  Freshmen.  At  once  they 
filled  in  the  gaps  made  in  the  Literary  Societies,  Athletic  teams  and  other  College  Or- 
ganizations and  gave  them  their  loyal  support. 

Through  the  wise  counsel  of  Dr.  Good,  and  under  the  tutelage  of  the  Sophmore 
lords,  by  the  next  autumn  their  verdure  had  disappeared  and  they  were  ready  to  take 
up  their  work  as  Sophomores.  It  was  this  year  that  they  were  unfortunate  in  losing 
their  class  Professor,  but  they  had  the  good  luck  to  secure  "Dad"  Lehman  to  take  his 
place.  Plenty  of  class  spirit  and  loyalty  was  promoted  by  the  parties  at  Mabel's  and 
Otho's  homes,  and  by  an  outdoor  breakfast  one  spring  morning. 

Perhaps  it  was  because  as  Freshmen  and  Sophomores  they  had  to  shoulder  respon- 
sibilities usually  allotted  to  upper  classmen,  that  they  svTcceeded  so  well  in  putting  across 
the  big  tasks  of  the  Junior  year — the  presenting  of  a  class  play,  and  the  publishing  of 
the  Ista.  All  were  interested  in  doing  their  best,  and  so  "Pomander  Walk"  and  the 
gazebo,  especially,  became  very  popular. 

When  the  Class  of  '22  returned  the  next  fall,  it  was  with  just  a  bit  of  heartache 
in  their  greetings,  for  the  four  happy  years  spent  with  their  foster  mother  were  drawing 
to  a  close.  However,  all  cares  were  forgotten  one  perfect  day  of  October,  when  the 
class  "sneaked"  to  that  "Land  of  milk  and  honey" — Berne,  Indiana.  That  day  will  be 
remembered  as  long  as  there  are  members  of  the  Class  of  '22. 

A  great  change  has  been  wrought  in  the  lives  of  these  young  men  and  women  since 
they  came  to  their  Alma  Mater  four  years  ago.  They  came  as  lonesome  strangers,  they 
leave  as  joyful  friends.  They  came  eager  and  full  of  talent  and  latent  possibilities  for 
the  development  of  character,  they  leave  compensated  for  their  efforts,  at  least,  if  not 
satisfied  with  their  talents  well  on  the  way  to  development.  Their  visions  have  been 
widened  and  their  appreciation  for  the  greater  things  in  life  increased.  They  have 
caught  the  Spirit  of  Bluff"ton  College  and  are  ready  to  carry  the  message,  "The  Truth 
Makes  Free",  wherever  they  go. 


CLASS  OFFICERS 

President  John  Geiger 

Vice  President  Obern  Ramseyer 

Secretary-Treasurer  Vera  Althaus 

Class  Advi.sor  G.  A.  Lehman 


Class  Colors  Green  and  White 

Class  Flowers Lily  of  the  Valley 


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HARRY    RAMSEYER 

Pulaski,  Iowa. 

This  stui-dy  youns'  man,  the 
Junior  Class  president.  the 
May  Day  chairnnan  for  1922, 
and  the  strong  link  in  the  col- 
lege baseball  chain,  is  our  fa- 
vorite westerner,  Harry,  from 
the  distant  plains  of  Iowa.  His 
cheery  and  contagious  "How  Di 
Do"  briRhtens  up  the  face  of 
many  a  would  be  worried  BlufC- 
tonite.  Even  the  rugyed  road 
toward  an  M.  D..  cannot  ruffle 
Harry's  good  humor.  All  this 
and  many  other  little  traits 
stamp  him  as  a  winner  of  the 
blue  in  the  race  for  success. 


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CLASS  OFFICERS 

President Harry   Ramseyer 

Vice  Pre.sident  Lyle  Strubhar 

Seci-etary-Treasurer  Vivian  Beeshy 

Class  Advisor C.  H.  Smith 


Class  Colors Seal  Brown  and  White 


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LYLE    STRUBHAR 

Washington,  III. 
Lean.  Ions  and  lanky,  but 
he's  a  mishty  fine  Junior  every 
inch  of  the  way.  Hailin.ir  fi'om 
Illinois,  he  proves  himself  an 
all-around  college  fellow.  He 
is  a  worker  in  Y.  M..  Glee  Club, 
Senate  and  Athletics.  Always 
busy  at  work  or  at  play,  makes 
him  a  valuable  asset  to  the 
class   of    1923. 


VIVIAN    BEESHY 

Bluffton,    O. 

A  broad,  wholesome  smile, 
which  is  apparently  a  family 
characteristic,  always  greets 
one  when  met  by  this  younR- 
lady.  She  has  the  sood  nack 
of  makinpr  thines  lively  and 
happy.  There  always  seems  io 
be  a  reason  for  everythins' 
but  here,  well,  possibly  it's  her 
musical  talent,  possible  it's  that 
sunrise  hue,  and  then  possibly 
it's  just   her   "Craft". 


FLOYD  BYERS 

Bluifton,    O. 

"Ye  Ista  editor"  they  call 
him  this  year,  this  alone  labels 
him  as  a  leader.  His  interest 
and  pep  is  to  be  found  \n  near- 
ly every  activity  from  football 
to  orchestra.  The  efficiency 
which  he  has  displayed  in  the 
performance  of  his  !"nan.v  :ind 
varied  duties  predicts  prosper- 
ous business  future  for  him. 
He  always  has  an  Id(e)a. 


VERNA    KRABILL 

Wadsworth,   O. 

No  Y.  W.  camp  supper  is 
complete  without  Verna's  aid  in 
building  the  fire,  nusting  the 
doKKies  or  frying  the  ck'vcs.  She 
believes  in  the  famous  "Go 
West"  slogan  and  '-xpects  to 
travel  as  far  as  lUin  jis  some 
day.  She  is  an  efficient  Y.  W. 
cabinet  mtmber  as  well  ,is  Jsia 
Snap   Editor. 


SHERMAN   F.   MYERS 

Mount   Cory,   O. 

S.  F.  suddenly  dropi^e.I  into 
our  midst  last  winter  aiid  we 
soon  realized  that  he  'uJ  a  ■  ei- 
der cy  to  drop  into  thf  most  un- 
expected places.  ICis  a.cf.'i-es- 
siveness  keeps  him  continually 
at  some  one  of  his  m.iii/  diiiies 
He  is  an  energetic  en.';Tc-,i"ni.'-C 
editor  of  the  Lsta  and  an  effi- 
cient circulation  manager  of 
the  Witmarsum.  His  favorite 
flower   is  Rose   &   Co. 


MAGDALENE      BAUMGARTNER 
Bluffton,    O. 

"Mugzy"  is  one  of  those 
rare  beings  who  is  both  useful 
and  ornamental,  anywhere  from 
the  kitchen  to  the  lennis 
courts.  She  is  always  friendly, 
neighborly  and  hospitaolo,  to 
say  nothing  of  her  unusual  abil- 
ity along  dramatic,  artistic  and 
literary  lines.  Even  now  she 
seems  to  control  the  pt)licies  of 
a  well  known  pane:',  so  wo  pre- 
dict for  her  an  interesting 
future. 


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TESLA    STEARNS 

Bluffton,   O. 

You  mi.uht  know  "Tubby" 
as  a  student,  a  Ropp  Hall  fre- 
quenter, a  druggist,  a  Noble 
(since  the  Junior  play)  or  as 
an  athlete.  As  the  iatiei-  he 
stands  out  in  the  minds  of 
most  Bluffton  college  siuilents. 
Just  to  tell  you  that  he  falls 
hard  and  plays  iiard  might 
leave  you  guessing  but  to  know 
that  hfc  has  successiiiUy  .cap- 
tained this  years'  foot  ball  and 
basketball  teams  really  tells  you 
who   he  is. 


PAULINE    SCHANTZ 

Tiskilwa,   111. 

Polly  who  hails  from  Tis- 
kilwa, decided  last  fall  to  cast 
her  lot  with  the  class  of  '23, 
and  they  immediaijly  nis.de  her 
Calendar  Editor  of  the  Ista. 
Polly  is  a  girl  capable  in  many 
lines,  espacially  in  havin.g  a 
good  time,  yet  she  is  studious 
withal.  If  asked  suddenly 
where  her  home  interests  were, 
she  might  answer  Tiskilwakaru- 
sa. 


AUSTIN    LEHMANN 

Bcnic,  Ind. 

Our  talented  oornet  soloist 
and  active  classmate  hails  from 
that  small  Hoosier  village  which 
has  produced  so  many  Bluffton 
students.  He  is  very  studious, 
yet  a  believer  in  a  well  balan- 
ced social-intellectual  couise. 
Besides  orchestra,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
and  other  activities,  he  is  inter- 
ested in    (B)a(ss)   singer. 


ALMA   lUTZI 

Bluffton,  O. 

Alma  is  a  tall,  humorous 
and  talkative  Junior.  She  is  a 
capable  leader  of  women  and 
men — she  usually  leads  them 
wherever  she  chooses.  Her  in- 
terests are  centered  in  the 
Home  Economics  Depai-tment 
but  she  is  eiiually  efficient  in 
other  departments  of  the  col- 
le,ge. 


SIDNEY   STETTLER 

Bluffton.   O. 

This  curly  haired  Junior  is 
conspicuous  because  of  his  A's 
in  examinations  and  his  rather 
reserved  behavior  in  general. 
"Give  every  man  thy  ear  but 
few  thy  voice,"  and  "What  is 
worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  do- 
well,"  seem  to  be  his  mottos. 
The  class  is  expecting  great 
things  from  this  capable  young 
man. 


IDA  KENNEL 

West   Middletown,   O. 

No,  she  isn't  on  the  Ista 
Staff,  but  she  helped  by  means 
of  Dr.  Hall's  wireless  telegra- 
phy, no  doubt.  Coming  to  us  at 
the  beginning  of  her  Sopho- 
more year,  she  has  won  her 
way  into  our  hearts.  Her  fa- 
vorite sport  is  hor.seback  riding. 
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OLAN    BAUMGARTNER 

Pandora,    O. 

Dependability,  that's  King 
Olaf !  Whether  he  is  to  help 
the  eats  committee  gather  pies 
for  May  Day.  to  catch  a  high 
fly  in  the  outfield,  or  to  man- 
age the  stage  for  a  play,  he  is 
always  there.  He  is  a  Varsity 
B  man.  having  won  his  letter 
in   baseball    several   years   ago. 


EDNA   lUTZI  Bluftton,   O. 

Edna  came  to  us  from  In- 
diana and  liked  us  so  well  that 
she  finally  brought  the  rest  of 
the  family  along.  But  it's  not 
a  one-sided  affair,  by  any 
means,  for  we  are  all  very  fond 
of  her.  And  that's  not  strange 
for — did  you  ever  see  her  with- 
out a  smile  ? 


LESTER  KRAFT  Antwerp,  O. 
If  you  want  a  man  ready 
to  help  you  out  in  any  diffi- 
culty, who  will  sacrifice  times 
and  pleasure  for  the  ^Tood  of 
the  class  or  others,  that's 
"Les".   Here   is   the  other   side: 

You    aslc    him    his    favorite 
color  ? 

As   one — We   all   reply. 

"The    very    brightest    crimson. 

That's    found    in    any    dye." 


NELLE   LUGIBILL 

Bluffton,   O. 

If  you  haven't  heard  Nelle 
sing,  or  seen  her  send  that  bas- 
ketball flying  down  the  floor,  cr 
tasted  the  tempting  fiin^^'s  that 
come  forth  from  the  kitchen 
when  she  is  in  charge,  or  join- 
ed her  in  a  hearty  laugh  over 
some  real  bit  of  fun.  why — 
you've  just  missed  half  of  your 
college   life — that's   all ! 


AMOS    BADERTSCHER 

Dalton,   O. 

"Amie"  above  all  other 
men  in  college,  might  be  term- 
ed a  man.  from  the  standpoint 
that  he  has  the  successful  abil- 
ity to  grow  those  "feathery  ra- 
ven locks"  on  his  physiognomy. 
He  never  advertises  his  ability 
to  do  things  nor  what  he  does, 
but  nevertheless,  he  has  been 
(iuite  successful  in  making 
friends,  absorbing  studies,  pass- 
ing over  the  cinders,  and  last 
but  not  least  in  the  diligent  art 
or    "fussing." 


NELLE   SHULER 

McComb,   O. 

Nelle  is  one  of  the  most 
friendly  of  the  friendly  co-eds. 
She  is  a  possessor  of  much  mu- 
sical ability  which  she  puts  to 
practical  use  in  Chautau(iua 
work  during  the  summer  vaca- 
tions. She  is  somewhat  impul- 
sive in  speech  and  action  but 
her  genial  spirit  makes  up  for 
this  so  that  we  like  her  just  as 
she  is. 


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FRANK  DYCK 

Morden,   Manitoba 

He  would  be  serious  many 
minutes  of  the  day,  so  that  the 
critic  would  say,  "You  have 
played  your  part  well".  Dyck 
is  a  man  of  that  dependable 
type  upon  whom  one  can  rely 
that  his  tasks  will  be  well 
done  and  done  con'iL-iontiously 
This  makes  him  a  valuable  as- 
sistant to  the  Editor  and  to 
the  class.  Every  Junior  is  £>'lad 
that   he   came  back  to   BlufTton. 


CARRIE    SUTTER.        Lima,    O. 

To  her  closest  friends  Car-' 
rie  is  known  to  possess  plenty 
of  girlish  modesty  coupled  with 
an  abundance  of  wit.  Her  in- 
terests vary  from  athletics,  as 
she  has  won  her  letter  in  bas- 
ketball, to  music,  when  she 
sings  in  the  Glee  Club  or  plays 
in  the  Orchestra,  to  agricul- 
ture, which,  however,  is  only  a 
personal    interest. 


JESSE   DILLER 

Columbus    Grove,    O. 

Jesse  is  an  Ohio  product. 
He  is  noted  for  being  a  hp.rd 
worker  who  does  his  best  at 
whatever  task  he  is  assigned. 
His  willingness  to  cooperate  in 
any  project  from  athletics  to 
manual  labor  is  his  outstanding 
feature.  His  dry  humor  com- 
bined with  this  willingness  and 
cheerfulness  gives  him  a  pleas- 
ing  personality. 


DOROTHY   LANDIS 

Allentown,   Pa. 

"Dot"  is  the  kind  of  a  girl 
one  just  naturally  likes  to 
nickname.  If  trouble  ever 
comes  to  this  Penn-state  co-ed 
she  never  makes  it  known.  She 
is  gifted  not  only  with  splendid 
ability  as  a  pianist,  but  also 
with  a  lovely  contralto  voice. 
She  firmly  believes  in  being 
loyal   to  underclassmen. 


THOiWAS    FENTON 

Bluffton,  O. 

"Tommy"  of  the  cheering 
grin!  The  astonishing  is  not 
his,  nor  the  aspir-i.ion  to  ei  h- 
eral  heights,  but  he  has  the 
steadiness  which  is  characteris- 
tic of  the  youth  of  all  great 
men.  His  interests  lie  in  sta- 
ble things  such  as  hardware. 
But  women — the  fickle  crea- 
tures !  He  seldom  designs  to 
notice. 


EDNA   HANLEY 

MidtUeiown,  O. 
The  English  accented  ex- 
pression, "Don't  mumble  your 
words",  is  perfectly  natural  to 
this  young  lady.  She  has  a 
striking  characteristic  of  being 
late  to  her  meals  but  this  is 
perhaps  due  to  her  willingnoss 
to  assume  responsibilities.  She 
was  an  efficient  associate  edi- 
tor of  the  Ista  which  leads  us 
to  predict  an  excellent  future 
for   her   as   a   secret.-iry. 


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CLARENCE    KRAFT 

Antwerp,    O. 

Clarence  is  always  immac- 
ulously  dressed.  His  goal  in 
school  work  is  that  of  prepar- 
ing himself  for  one  of  the 
learned  professions.  perhaps 
that  of  medicine.  His  leisure 
time  is  spent  in  his  former 
home.  However,  it  is  not  the 
home  that  is  the  attraction  but 
its  occupant,  Edna.  A  trom- 
bonist in  the  orchestra  is  he 
and  in  the  past,  librarian,  too. 


ESTELLA    GEIGER 

BlufEton,   O. 

Here  is  a  S'irl  who  is  ap- 
pai'ently  generally  in  a  hurry, 
yet  she  has  time  for  both  work 
and  play.  She  is  studious  and 
works  hard  while  she  ^voi-ks. 
She  is  fun  loving,  and  enjoys 
a  joke  on  herself  as  much  as 
on  the  other  person.  Her  in- 
terest in  things  literary  ac- 
counts   for   her   English   major. 


REUEL    NISWANDER 

Bluffton,    O. 

Reuel  is  a  native  son  of 
Bluffton  and  has  varied  inter- 
ests which  range  all  the  way 
from  Economics  and  Sociology 
down  to  Athletics.  In  the  lat- 
ter, especially,  he  is  in  his 
glory :  as  he  is  a  mighty  good 
quarterback  in  football  and  a 
wicked  wielder  of  the  willow  in 
baseball.  He  is  also  a  liiember 
of  the  basketball   squad. 


MILDRED    RUSSELL 

Bluffton,   O. 

Mildred  is  a  Buek'ye  lull- 
ing from  the  good  old  town  of 
Bluffton.  The  campus  is  incom- 
plete without  her.  Although  she 
may  sound  rather  gruff  to  you 
at  times,  still,  under  the  sur- 
face, she  is  a  good  hearted 
friend.  Her  interests  ^■re  ra- 
ther divided  but  most  of  her 
time  is  spent  in  the  Ai't  and 
Home    Economics    departm..-nts. 


LEONARD   WELTY 

iiocdiey,  Cai. 
California  made  an  impor- 
tant contribution  to  Blnlfton 
College  in  the  person  of  Leon- 
ard Welty.  "Penny"  is  a  val- 
uable man  in  athletics  as  he  is 
upon  the  football,  basketball 
and  track  squads.  His  unfail- 
ing humor  under  any  circum- 
stance distinguishes  iiim  fi-om 
ordinary  mortals.  As  Michele 
in  "The  Man  From  .  Home" 
"Penny"  showed  that  even  his 
ability   included   even   dramatics. 


SYLVIA    THUT         TJluffton,    O. 

Her  sparkling  brov.'n  eyes 
would  say  that  she  was  mis- 
chi3\'ous,  but  one  hesitates  in 
making  such  an  accu'.ation. 
We  know  that  she  is  good  na- 
tured,  and  also  studious  ;  and 
w:)'!l  wager  that  she  knows  all 
about  the  making  of  flour,  even 
though  her  major  is  not  Home 
Economics    but    English. 


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OSWIN    ZUERCHER 

Berne,  Ind. 

Honesty,  inteRrity.  staliili- 
ty  ;  and  capability  are  the  at- 
tributes which  placed  this 
younE'  man  on  a  Rood  basis  for 
a  collefte  education.  "Always 
there"  is  the  answer  that  miRht 
be  given  by  every  one  when  Os- 
win  is  needed.  And  it  makes 
no  difference,  with  one  iiossible 
exception,  whether  it  comes 
from  his  class,  collegre,  woik, 
Ropp  Hall  or  even  the  state 
ot  Pennsylvania. 


RUTH     LANTZ  Carlock,    HI. 

A  \'eritable  little  bunch  of 
sunshine  coupled  with  a  lot  of 
common  sense,  that  is  Ruth. 
Her  activity  in  Literary  Socie- 
ty, Musical  Org-aniza'^ions  i-.nd 
Y.  W.  Cabinet  shows  her  to  be 
an  "all-around"  Rirl.  Altho 
she  unselfishly  sacrificed  the 
first  semester  because  of  her 
mother's  health,  she  is  agrain 
back  in  school  and  expects  to 
graduate    with   the   class   of    '23. 


LUTHER    SOMMERS 

Pandora,    O. 

In  spite  of  small  stature 
and  lipht  complexion,  'vhen  we 
see  this  Junior,  we  think  of  a 
veritable       whirlwind.  Lively, 

vivacious,  liable  to  be  in  class 
or  not,  yet  possessing'  high  n- 
tellectual  powers,  characterizes 
Sommers.  A  "happy  sro  lucky" 
friend  with  a  cheei-y  "hello" 
for  all  whom   he  may  meet. 


GRACE    AMSTUTZ 

Pandora,   O. 

Shy  ;  but  how  we  like  her, 
for  she  proves  a  loyal  friend  to 
all  who  wish  her  friendship. 
Altho  she  may  seem  c.uiet,  jou 
suggest  a  wild  frolic  ar..l  you'll 
find  her  full  of  ."un.  Indeed, 
we  have  in  Grace  a  lovable, 
trustworthy  classmate,  and  we 
are   justly   proud   to   claim   her. 


EDWARD    LIECHTY 

Berne,    Ind. 

A  mighty  man  from  Indi- 
ana is  embodied  in  the  person 
of  Edward  E.  Lieehty.  Who 
knows  the  limit  to  which  he 
may  soar  in  the  future.  The 
College  orchestra,  the  Band,  I  he 
Choral  society  and  the  Adelphi- 
ans  all  absorb  his  interests. 
"Ed"  delights  to  .-••lunter  along 
gathering-  things  for  his  Biolo- 
gical display.  Biology  is  his 
major  and  M.  D.  his  probable 
future   degree. 


MARY    EVANS  Cortland,    O. 

If  you  see  a  .,Tirl  coming 
across  the  campus,  hurriedly 
like,  and  slightly  elevated  o\er 
the  most  of  us,  't's  "jVIary". 
If  one  follows  her  to  classes, 
for  example,  Spanish,  one  won- 
ders whether  there  are  any 
"lines"  of  knowledge  for  the 
rest  of  us  in  Cortland,  since 
Mary  is  gone.  And  so  she  is 
in  everything,  >/hnle-hearted, 
pleasant,  dependable  and  brings 
to  one's  mind  the  verse: 
A    friend   to   ti-uth,   of   soul 

sincere. 
In    action    faithful,    in    honor 

clear. 


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ERWIN    BAUMAN 

Sassamansville,    Pa. 

He  does  not  have  much  to 
say.  but  judging  from  r.ll  ap- 
pearances, it  is  because  the 
gray  matter  under  his  brown 
locks  is  kept  working  overtime 
in  preparation  for  some  future 
day,  when  we  shall  hear  from 
him  something  .veil  worth  hear- 
ing. 


CLORINDA    STEINER 

Bluffton,    O. 

Shy  and  active.  studious 
and  full  of  fun.  musical  but 
not  a  songster,  quiet  but  lova- 
ble ;  they  sound  contradictory, 
but  they  are  not,  for  this  Jun- 
ior, who  came  to  us  last  fall 
after  a  summer  of  hard  woi'k, 
has  all  of  these  qualities,  end 
more.  too.  "Strive  on,  lair 
one." 


IRWIN    BAUER  Barto,    Pa. 

Among  classmates  Biiuer  is 
spoken  of  as  being  a  matliema- 
tical  genius,  and  perhaps,  there 
is  much  truth  in  it,  as  he  is 
an  honor  student.  He  :s  inter- 
ested chiefly  in  his  studies  and 
the  Glee  Club.  Since  last  .sum- 
mer he  has  been  named  "Cy" 
in  honor  of  cyanide. 


JUNIOR  CLASS  HISTORY 
Mary  Evans 

Only  two  years  ago  last  fall  the  largest  and  peppiest  crowd  of  green  Freshies  ever 
seen  on  the  campus  of  Bluffton  college  made  their  appearance.  They  gave  a  very  dis- 
tinct green  tinge  to  the  landscape,  due  no  doubt,  to  the  great  number  of  them,  there 
being  eighty-eight.  Of  course  the  Sophs  desired  to  show  this  small  army  of  young  and 
unsophisticated  beings  just  how  much  they  had  learned  during  their  one  year's  college 
experience  and  so  they  first  tried  ducking  them  but  found  that  a  rather  difficult  task. 
They  then  challenged  them  to  a  tug-'o-war  only  to  be  forced  to  take  an  involuntary 
march  through  the  Riley. 

When  the  class  oi-ganized,  Bob  was  chosen  class  president  and  "Doc"  Smith  class 
professor.  Doctor  Smith's  interest  in  all  class  activities  has  proved  him  a  good  class 
"Dad".  From  the  very  beginning,  this  class  has  been  interested  in  all  activities,  literary 
.•societies,  athletics,  debating,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Y.  W.  C.  A.  and  especially  parties  and  picnics. 

With  some  sadness  they  parted  in  the  spring  of  1920  because  all  knew  that  many 
of  the  class  would  not  be  back.       Some  were  going  to  other  schools,  and  some,  to  teach. 

When  they  again  met  at  Bluffton  in  September  1920,  only  forty-three  returned. 
Floyd  Byers  was  chosen  class  president,  and  Vei-na  Krabill,  secretary-treasurer.  Their 
fir.st  responsibility  was  to  teach  the  large  Freshman  class  how  they  should  act  and  just 
where  their  place  was  in  B.  C.  They  accomplished  this  quickly  and  soon  the  two  classes 
were  on  perfectly  good  terms. 

During  the  sophomore  year  they  won  the  inter-class  championship  in  baseball, 
had  three  of  their  members  as  cheer  leaders,  and  were  well  represented  on  both  the 
men's  and  women's  basketball  teams  as  well  as  both  Glee  Clubs.  In  the  spring  of  that 
year  the  I.sta  Staff  was  chosen. 

Last  fall  when  they  came  back  they  realized  the  heavy  duties  to  be  perfoi-med  dur- 
ing the  year.  The  Junior  play  "The  Man  from  Home"  was  given.  Its  success  proved 
that  the  class  of  '23  contains  some  real  acting  as  well  as  business  ability. 
They  feel  the  heavy  weight  of  upper  class  responsibility  and  think  with  some  sadness 
and  some  joy  of  the  time,  not  far  in  the  future,  when  they  will  be  Seniors. 


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COLLEGE  IVY 

Up  the  old  red  wall  of  the  college, 
Clambered  a  tiny  finger  of  vine. 
It  was  just  a  spi'aj'  as  it  left  the  earth, 
The  dark  brown  mold  that  gave  it  birth, 
A  little  wisp  of  an  ivy  vine. 

But  heaven's  bright  sunshine  rested  there, 
On  this  bit  of  creeping  vine. 
It  grew,  and  climbed  up  the  old,  red  wall 
Till  it  formed  a  cloak  for  the  college  hall, 
Till  the  little  spray  was  a  mighty  vine. 

The  old,  I'ed  wall  was  bare  at  best. 
When  someone  planted  the  little  vine. 
But  now,  where  once  that  wall  was  bare. 
There  stands  in  its  place  a  thing  so  fair, 
That  it  seems  like  a  living  thing,  divine. 

And  so  God  takes  a  thing  like  a  wall. 
Or  a  barren  soul,  perhaps  like  mine. 
And  works  it  over  till  fair  and  bright, 
It  stands  for  beauty,  in  human  sight. 
Just  as  the  wall,  with  its  ivy  vine. 

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SOPHOMORE  CLASS  HISTORY 

Clara  Birky 

A  low,  soft,  sigh  of  a  pine  tree,  a  swish  of  leaves  from  a  birch,  then  a  low  mur- 
mur almost  intelligible — I  listened  more  closely,  and  I  heard:  "Yes  a  well  balanced  class 
and  an  in.teresting  one  too — do  you  remember  their  sophomore  year? — they  were  just 
a  small  class  but  it  was  proven  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  in  the  tug  o'  war  that 
after  all  it's  not  quantity  but  quality  that  counts." 

"Well  balanced,"  this  from  the  beech  tree,  "Yes  there  were  some  of  them  in  every 
activity  and  they  made  good  too,  didn't  they  ?  Remember  that  eventful  foot  ball  game 
with  Toledo  ?  Four  Sophomores  played  and  battled  bravely,  and  they  showed  up 
equally  as  well  in  basketball,  baseball,  and  track,  and  field." 

"But  the  class  was  not  all  strength  and  muscle;  they  too  had  their  share  of  brain 
and  talent;  for  you  could  find  sophomores  doing  their  bit  in  the  Glee  clubs,  debating 
teams,  Y.  W.  and  Y.  M.,  and  in  the  literary  societies." 

Then  at  my  right  a  stately  cedar  was  heard:  "Neither  were  they  always  serious. 
What  wonderful  times  they  had  at  their  parties,  when  studies  and  worries  were  all  for- 
gotten and  life  flowed  as  smooth  as  a  song!  And  who  could  but  have  a  good  time  with 
such  a  class  dad  and  mother? — they  were  real  sports,  weren't  they?  and  — " 

"Dinner's  ready",  and  I  came  back  to  earth.  I  had  gone  to  sleep  at  the  song  of 
the  pines,  and  in  my  dreams  I  had  been  carried  back  twenty  years,  to  the  golden  days, 
when  I  was    a  sophomore. — 

"Oh!  Turn  backward,  turn  backward. 

Time,  in  your  flight 

And  make  me  a  sophomore 

Just  for  tonight." 


OFFICERS 

President  l Charles  Miller 

Vice  President  Lloyd  Ramseyer 

Secretary-Treasurer  Evelyn  Harmon 

Class  Advisor  Prof.  S.  F.  Pannabecker 


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SOPHOMORE  CLASS  DIRECTORY  WITH  VARIATIONS 


Lenore  Amstutz,  Pandora,  Ohio.     "Lenny"  Unassuming,  but  always  on  the  teaching  job. 

Willis  Amstutz,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "Willis"  The  star  shines  bright  in  the  Sophomore  class. 

Helen  Bechtel,  Bally,  Pennsylvania.  "Bechie"  "Let's  pursue  knowledge,  but  keep 
happy." 

Clara  Birky,  Hudson,  Illinois.     "Dutch"  The  possessor  of  an  infectious  smile. 

Arthur  Bowers,  Beaverdam,  Ohio.  "Art"  He  is  one  of  little  speech  but  one  who  listens 
well. 

Herbert  Bowers,  Beaverdam,  Ohio.  "Herb"  He  could  if  he  would  but  will  not  when  it 
comes  to  being  attracted  by  the  co-eds. 

Mildred  Brenneman,  Hopedale,  Illinois.    "Mildred"  A  girl  with  a  sunny  disposition. 

Frances  Dorsey,  Bluffton,  Ohio.  "Frances"  Her  vocation  is  school  teaching  but  her  avo- 
vocation  is  completing  her  education. 

S.  M.  Eidsath,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "Siver+"  Once  a  good  sailor  but  now  an  able  student. 

Dorothy  Falk,  Mt.  Cory,  Ohio.  "Dorothy"  Technically,  she  is  a  school  teacher  but  prac- 
tically, a  Soph. 

Merle  Folk,  Mt.  Cory,  Ohio.    "Folk"  Has  an  affinity  for  music. 

Marie  Habegger,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "B"  Of  spirit  so    still  and  quiet. 

Evelyn  Harmon,  Leipsic,  Ohio.  "Cherry"  Why  must  Evelyn  go  home  over  every  week- 
end? 

Gladys  loder,  Princeton,  Illinois.       "Beaner"  She  used  to  live  in  Tiskilwa — 'nuff  said. 

Wilma  Kirchhofer,  Dalton,  Ohio.  "i(.irchy"  One  of  the  few  who  are  willing  to  practice 
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Priscilla  Leatherman,  Milford  Square,  Pennsylvania.     "Priss"  "How  sweetly  sounds  the 
voice  of  a  good  woman." 

Albert  Lehman,  Bluffton,  Ohio.     "Lehman"  Try,  try  again  until   you  find     a     suitable 
companion. 

Corienne  Lowry,  Bluffton,  Ohio.     "Corienne"  The  college  poetess. 

Herbert  Luginbuhl,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "Herb"  "When  I  was  in  Chicago — " 

Howard  Michaud,  Bei'ne,  Indiana.    "Howdy"  What  would  a  class  be  if  a  Bernite  weren't 
in  it. 

Charles  Miller,  Bluffton,  Ohio.     "Charlie"  A   good  fellow.     Could  more  be   said? 

Alford  Moser,  Bluffton,  Ohio.     "Alf"  He  never  complains  about  the  alta-tude. 

Hallie  Moser,  Pandora,  Ohio.     "Hal"  Her  mind  is  with  her  heart  and  that  is  far  away. 

Lloyd  Ramseyer,  Hudson,  Illinois.     "Tank"  He  hits  mighty  hard  in  football. 

Wilmer    Reist,    Didsbury,    Alberta.      "Reist"    Chauffeur    for    College    truck. 

Waldo  Roth,  Gibson  City,  Illinois.    "Roth"  "Handsome  is  as  handsome  does." 

Gladys  Schumacher,  Pandora,  Ohio.     "Schu"  Quiet  but  brainy. 

Byron  Spangler,  Bluffton,  Ohio.       "Petie"  Leave  it  to  Petie. 

Jesse  Steiner,  Bluffton,  Ohio.     "Mr.  Steiner"  One  who  is  not  satisfied  with  only  a  little 
education. 

Alta  Smith,  Metamora,  Illinois.    "Simon"  A  winning  way,  a  pleasant  smile. 

Elda  Sprunger,  Berne,  Indiana.    "Elda"  Doesn't  say  much,  but  works  hard. 

Walter  Studer,  Apple  Creek,  Ohio.    "Walt"  He  warms  our  bodies  as  well  as  our  hearts. 

Doris  Stultz,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "Stultzie"  Just  naturally  good  natured. 

Maurice  Troyer,  Carlock,  Illinois.    "Troyer"  A  good  talker,  therefore,  a  good  debater. 

Mary  Warkentin,  Mountain  Lake,  Minnesota.    "Mary"  Is  always  too  busy  to  have  much 
to  say. 

Mabel  Williams,  Gomer,  Ohio.     "May  Bell"    Our  Sophomore  Galli-Curci. 

Lillian  Woods,  Bluffton,  Ohio.    "Lillian"  She  is  both  a  school  teacher  and  a  Sophomore. 

Catherine  Yant,  Columbus  Grove,  Ohio.     "Katy"  She  doesn't  seem  to  be  interested  in 
wedding  bells. 

Erv;in  Zehr,  Peoria,  Illinois.    "Zehr"  He  certainly  can  warble  and  chatter. 

Jephthah  Zuercher,  Berne,  Indiana.       "Jep"  An  engineeer  by  night  but  a  student  by 
day. 


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FRESHMEN 

They  were  a  jolly  bunch  of  children 

Careless,  light  hearted,  and  gay 

When  first  we  chanced  to  see  them 

,                                            That  bright  September  day. 
■fr                                       They  carried  pencil  boxes 

All  shining  bright  and  new 

And  some  of  them  had  tablets 

As  children  ought  to  do. 

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They  were  shy  and  rather  quiet 

Afraid  to  whisper  at  school, 

So  careful  to  read  the  rulings 

And  to  obey  them  too. 
But  they  thought  themselves  such  wonders 

Although  they  were  so  shy 

They  seemed  to  think  the  College 

Bowed  as  they  passed  it  by. 

And  one  quite  brilliant  Freshman 

As  late  as  October,  they  say 

Attended  a  Sophomore  meeting 
And  even  voted  that  day. 
1                                        But  he  was  sore  mistaken 

For  the  Freshmen  all  must  learn, 

It  takes  lots  of  work  and  worry 
Before  a  Freshman  can  turn 

into 

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FRESHMAN  CLASS  HISTORY 

Did  I  walk  this  path  before?  Those  lights  seem  to  call  to  me.  Why!  the  lights 
form  letters  and  the  letters  spell  "Bluffton  University". 

The  name  has  changed  and  the  buildings,  too,  since — since  1921  and  22  when  I  was 
a — yes,  just  a  Freshman.  My  memory  fails  me,  for  I  can  see  nothing  familiar,  but 
can  it  be  true  that  I  hear,  "Oh — yea — Bluffton"  just  as  I  did  one  night  when  a  class- 
mate hid  her  diary  for  safety  in  between  the  stones  in  the  "gym"  foundation  ?  Can  it 
still  be  there?  Will  it  help  me  recall  those  days?  And  are  those  stones  still  there? 
Sure  enough,  fate  has  saved  just  that  spot  for  me  and  the  little  book  is  there  too,  faded, 
but  now  I  shall  read  it  under  the  protection  of  Bluffton  and  in  its  light  undisturbed  by 
Sophomores. 

I  shall  read  it  aloud  for  the  world  to  hear.  It  begins  on  September  13,  1921.  "En- 
tered at  Bluffton  College  eighty-eight; — is  the  next  word  "green"?  It  must  be  for  it 
sounds  familiar.  Well,  "eighty-eight  green  Freshmen".  Then  there  is  something  about 
"fussing"  that  I  cannot  quite  understand,  but  it  is  true,  we  all  had  our  little  troubles. 
Now  the  next  word  looks  like  "duck — "  Oh!  I  remember  those  duckings  and  then  it 
mentions  something  about  2:00  o'clock  A.  M.  at  the  dorm  and  about  8:00  o'clock  at  a 
pond. 

Now  this  is  plainer,  "Leslie  Sprunger  was  elected  president  of  the  class  with  Ray- 
mond Hilty  as  vice-president  and  with  Ruth  Thompson  as  secretary."  "The  Freshmen 
had  a  gym  party,  a  good  time,  and  those  eats  were  enough  to  give  the  whole  college  a 
feed." 

Now  here  is  something  else  about  being  "sorry  to  give  up  Les  Sprunger  as  class 
president,  for  he  was  a  fine  one,  and  quite  peppy  besides,  but  the  class  soon  found  Lit- 
willer  a  good  president.  Then,  best  of  all,  we  have  Professor  Berky  as  class  profes- 
sor." 

Oh,  yes!  I  see,  this  is  about  a  game,  "Reusser  makes  a  good  cheer  leader  and 
Freshmen  men  are  playing  on  the  Varsity." 

Now,  just  as  luck  would  have  it,  I  find  right  here  a  remnant  of  a  song  and  it  is  as 
clear  as  can  be,  I've  never  forgotten  it,  it  is  the  Alma  Mater — and  listen!  that  dear 
old  pipe  organ  is  just  piping  the  part  "noble  thoughts  and  high  ideals,"  and  it  is  a  real 
dream,  for  now  I  hear  "Bluffton  College,  we  love  thee"  and  I  repeat  it  for  the  Fresh- 
man class,  "Bluffton  College  we  love  thee." 


OFFICERS 

President  Orville  Litwiller 

Vice  President  Raymond  Hilty 

Secretary-Treasurer Ruth  Thompson 

Class  Advisor  Prof.  Berky 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  FRESHMAN  CLASS 


Afjner,  Mildred 

Gilliom.   Howard 

Owens,    Marcele 

Althaus,   Bernice 

Gingrich,   Earl 

Reichley,    Olive 

Althaus,   Harold 

Graber,    Leonard 

Reist,    Pearl 

Amstutz,   Frederick 

Habegger,    Cora 

Reusser,    Harold 

Augsburprer,   Cleona 

Hilty,    Fred 

Roberts.  Thyra 

Augspureer,    Everett 

Hilty.    Raymond 

Rohrbach,    Ella 

Badertscher,    Edith 

Hilty,    Roy 

Rosenberger,    Warren 

Bagley,   Victor 

Hilty.    William 

Scothorn,  John 

Basinger.    Helen 

Holtkamp.  Gladys 

Schmidt,    Herbert 

Basinger,    Lillie 

Hostettler,  Art 

Schumacher,    Robert 

Basinger.    Zella 

Huffman,    D.    Paul 

Scothorn,    John 

Baumgartner,    Allan 

Hughson,    Robert    E. 

Smith,    Earl 

Baumgartner,    Clova 

Jacobs,     Marion 

Sprunger,    Leslie 

Birky,    Lorena 

Jones,   Walter   C. 

Sprunger,    Paul 

Bixel,    Ellen 

Kettunen,    Ada 

Sprunger,    Vernon 

Bogart,   Harold 

Kirchhofer,    Melvin 

Stauffer,  Mabel 

Bout  well.    Ward 

Klingler,    Lois 

Stauffer,    Russell 

Bowers,    Arthur 

Kolter,   Helen 

Steiner,    Alma 

Brenner,    Mary    E. 

Koontz,    Thomas 

Steiner,    Irma 

Burcky,    Leo    C. 

Lawrence,    Kathryn    C. 

Steiner,   Myron 

Burkholder.  Juanita 

Lehman,    Albert 

Steiner,    Stanton 

Caris,   Ethel 

Levering,    Stanley 

Stultz,    Norris 

Clymer,    Don 

Liechty,   Howard 

Stutzman,    Blanche 

Davidson.    Kathryn 

Liechty,    Lydia 

Suter,    Homer 

Diller,    Emory 

Litwiller,    Orville 

Suter,   Verna 

Dreitzler.   Lettie 

Luginbill,   Anna 

Sutter,    Ralph 

Eidsath,    S.    M. 

Luginbuhl,    Herbert 

Thompson,   Ruth 

Fankhauser,    Magdalena 

McBain,    Dorothy 

Warren,    Clyde 

Franz,    Agnes 

Mitchell,    Viola 

Welty,   Donald 

Freet,    Grace 

Neuenschwander,    Clyde 

Williamson,   Ruth 

Freidinger,   Vernon 

Neuenschwander,    Hari-y 

Zimmerman,    Esther 

Geiger,    Francis    E. 

Niswander,   Paul 

Zuercher,   Jephthah 

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Minerva  Arnold,  Lima,  O.  ;  Elizabeth  ReminRton,   Alberta,   Canada;   Bertha  Tieszen,   Marion,   S.  D.  ;  Lillian 

Welty,   Pandora.    O.  ;   Cecil   Thompson,    BlufTton,    O.  ;    Earl    Salzman,    Carlock,   111.  ;   Peter   A.    Wiebe,    Delft, 

Minii.  ;   Gerhard   Toews,     Mt.    Lake,     Minn.  ;   Laurel     Bauman,     Milford     Sci.,     Pa.  ;     Florence     Schumacher, 

Pandora.   O.  ;   L.   A     Kettunen,   Ishpemins,    Mich. 

ACADEMY 
L.  A.  Kettunen 

The  Academy  is  no  longer  considered  one  of  Ihe  outstanding  departments  of 
Bluifton  college,  that  it  was  in  years  gone  by;  but  as  long  as  there  is  a  demand  for  this 
preparatory  work,  it  will,  no  doubt,  be  continued. 

This  particular  phase  of  educational  opportunity  is  maintained  as  a  benefit  for 
those  who  have  not  completed  their  high  school  course,  or  have  been  deprived  of  high 
school  privileges  altogether;  and  for  those  who  desire  to  take  their  academic  work  in 
a  college. 

In  many  phases  the  "Prep"  strident  at  Bluffton  College  has  a  big  advantage  over 
the  high  school  student,  in  so  far,  that  he  is  largely  instructed  by  college  professors, 
and,  if  desirous  can  arrange  his  courses  so  as  to  complete  his  preparatory  work  for  col- 
lege in  less  time,  than  the  high  school  student.  The  fact  that  the  individuals  enjoy  all 
college  activities  the  same  as  the  regular  college  students,  is  another  outstanding  feat- 
ure of  the  Academy. 

This  year's  "Prep"  class,  although  not  very  large,  consists  of  representatives  from 
six  different  states  of  the  union  and  one  from  Canada.  They  have  well  showed  their 
ambition  to  "Strive  and  Thrive",  by  being  the  first  group  of  Academy  students  to  have 
a  fully  organized  class. 

The  Academy  students  want  to  work  with  the  regular  college  students  to  maintain 
the  conditions  for  the  ideal  life  and  good  work — and  for  a  bigger  and  better  Bluffton 
College. 

OFFICERS 

President    L.   A.    Kettunen 

Vice    President     Minerva    Arnold 

Secretary-Treasurer     Cecil    Thompson 

Faculty  Advisor Professor  J.  N.  King 


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CONSERVATORY 

Bluffton  College  boasts  of  one  of  the  best  Conservatories  in  the  state,  for  the  size  of 
the  institution.  It  is  a  distinct  department  of  the  College,  and  is  thus  subject  to  the 
general  regulations  of  the  school,  but  it  is  under  the  immediate  management  of  the  Dean 
and  the  Conservatory  faculty. 

It  aims  not  only  to  teach  the  art  of  music  in  the  noblest  sense;  to  foster  in  the 
students  of  the  College  and  Seminary  a  desire  to  know  something  of  the  history,  aes- 
thetics, and  theory  of  musical  art,  but  also  to  encourage  the  development  and  refine- 
ment of  the  characters,  minds,  and  tastes  of  its  students,  under  the  influence  of  a  Chris- 
tian college. 

The  Conservatory  offers  a  definite  plan  of  study,  not  only  for  those  wishing  to  de- 
vote themselves  to  music  as  players  and  singers  or  teachers,  but  also  for  amateurs  whose 
chief  aim  is  to  acquire  a  valuable  knowledge  of  music.  Courses  are  also  offered  to 
College  students  who  desire  a  genera!  knowledge  and  appreciation  of  music.  Both 
practical  and  theoretical  courses  are  included  in  the  outline  of  study,  and  both  demand 
a  certain  degree  of  advancement  in  general  education.  Three  courses  are  offered:  the 
Literary-Music  course,  the  course  in  Public  School  Music,  and  the  course  in  Practical 
Music.  The  Literary-Music  course  was  designed  in  accord  with  the  increasing  demand 
for  a  collegiate  training  with  music  as  a  major,  and  it  leads  to  graduation  with  the 
aegree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  The  Public  School  Music  course  is  designed  for  those 
desiring  to  teach  in  the  public  schools,  and  leads  to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Public 
School  Music.  By  Practical  music  is  meant  the  technical  study  of  pianoforte,  organ, 
violin,  cello  or  wind  instrument  playing,  and  singing,  in  private  lessons.  It  also  in- 
cludes certain  theoretical  courses,  and  is  designed  to  equip  students  for  professional 
work.    This  course  leads  to  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Music. 

The  Conservatory  aims  to  correlate  its  courses  with  the  general  college  plan,  and 
thus  to  develop  young  men  and  women  into  musicians  and  budding  artists  with  the 
foundation  of  success  in  their  chosen  profession  laid  through  the  broadening  influence 
of  their  major  and  their  other  collegiate  studies.  It  hopes  to  inspire  the  graduates  in 
music  with  the  vision  of  Handel,  of  whom  it  is  said  that  he  answered  a  well-meant 
compliment  to  the  "amusement"  and  "entertainment"  which  his  "Messiah"  had  given  to 
a  certain  town,  in  these  words — "I  should  be  sorry  if  I  only  entertained  them;  I  wish 
to  make  them  better." 


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Mann  lutzi  Si  ?iner  Amstut? 

CHORAL   SOCIETY 

For  many  years  the  Choral  Society  has  held  a  prominent  place  in  the  Bluffton 
calendar,  this  marking  the  twenty-second  year  of  its  existence.  It  was  founded  with  a 
view  of  fostering  and  encouraging  the  best  in  music  in  the  community  and  this  idea  has 
never  been  lost  sight  of. 

In  December  the  chorus  of  over  a  hundred  voices  brought  the  Christmas  message 
to  the  the  community  through  the  tenth  annual  rendition  of  Handel's  beautiful  "Mies- 
siah".  The  concert  was  given  in  the  college  gymnasium,  which  was  filled  to  capacity. 
The  selection  of  soloists  was  made  entirely  from  the  present  and  former  membership 
of  the  society,  and  was  as  follows:  soprano,  Naomi  Steiner  of  Bluffton;  alto.  Opal 
Berry  Stauffer  of  Columbus;  tenor,  Samuel  Flueckiger  of  Berne,  Indiana;  baritone, 
Maitin  Baumgartner  of  Wayland,  Iowa. 

The  second  concert  of  the  year  was  given  during  the  Easter  season,  when  the 
chorus  gave  a  splendid  performance  of  Rossini's  "Stabat  Mater".  The  soloists  for  this 
beautiful  Easter  oratorio  were  Pau'ine  Wemmer  Gooding  of  Lima,  soprano;  Doris 
Statten  Kaser  of  Cleveland,  contralto;  Allen  Grubb  of  Lima,  tenor;  and  Gilbert  Wilson 
of  Chicago,  baritone. 

Much  of  the  success  of  both  concerts  is  due  to  the  splendid  accompaniment  of  the 
college  orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Sidney  Hauenstein  and  to  the  ability  and  untir- 
ing efforts  of  the  cho:-us  conductor,  Dean  Lehman. 

CHORAL  OFFICERS 

President  S.  L.  Flueckiger 

Secretary  Edna  A.  lutzi 

Treasurer  Agnes  A.  Amstutz 

Director  G.  A.  Lehman 

Accompanist  Pearl  Bogart  Mann 

Executive  Committee Naomi  Steiner 

Charles  Miller 
Gerhard  Buhler 


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Officers 

President  Naomi  Steiner 

Secretary-Treasurer  Ethel  Roulet 

Librarian  Marion  Jacobs 

PERSONNEL 

First  Soprano  Second  Soprano 

Naomi  Steiner  Edna  lutzi 

Ethel  Roulet  Nelle  Shuler 

Winifred    Scheid  Gladys  Holtkamp 

Ruth  Thompson  Marion  Jacobs 

Mildred  Agner  Cora  Habegger 

Bernice  Althaus  Thyra  Roberts 

First   Alto  Second  Alto 

Agnes  Amstutz  Nelle  Lugibill 

Mabel  Smith  Hallie  Moser 

Magdalene  Baumgartner  Carrie  Sutter 

Magdalena  Frankhauser  Wilma  Kirchhofer 
Lydia  Liechty 
Clova  Baumgartner 

Directress  Pearl  Bogart  Mann 

Accompanist  Dorthy  Landis 


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Thei-e  are  times  when  life  seems  to  be  a  faulty  reality.  Reflecting  today,  for 
example,  in  your  garret,  you  find  yourself  in  a  melancholy  mood  following  a  perusal 
of  the  advertising  columns  of  the  newspapers.  You  have  looked  through  the  concert 
announcements  for  the  day  only  to  discover  that  you  must  hear — if  you  hear  anything 
at  all — either  Beethoven's  Seventh  Symphony  or  Mozart's  Symphony  in  G  minor  or  the 
Overture  to  Euryanthe;  either  Chabrier's  Bouree  Fantasque  (which  you  have  never 
heard)  or  Sibelius'  Finlandia;  and,  at  the  opera  you  are  offered  Aida!  Now  this  is  all  very 
discouraging  to  a  person  of  temperamental  disposition  who  would  like  to  order  his  music 
as  he  orders  his  library  or  his  dinner  at  Ropp  Hall.  One  is  never  obliged  to  eat  at  some- 
one else's  behest,  one  reads  according  to  one's  fancy  (frequently)  but  when  one  wants 
to  listen  to  music  then — "You  want  what  you  want  when  you  want  it"! — and  knowing 
some  of  those  wants  of  music  lovers,  the  Bluffton  College  Girls'  Glee  Club  successfully 
gave  a  well  balanced  program.  They  (the  warblers)  did  not  accredit  all  this  reputation 
to  their  natural  talents.  However,  be  it  said  with  all  due  regard  for  them,  that  their 
directress  molded  the  clay. 

It  really  was  easy  for  the  girls  to  do  their  best  when  they  knew  that  they  had  a 
Mann  watching  them.  Herein  lies  the  secret  of  success  for  the  Gii'ls'  Glee  Club — be- 
cause e^'er  since  Christmas,  Pearl  has  been  a  Mann. 

You  are,  no  doubt,  interested  in  knowing  what  this  musical  organization  has  done 
to  bring  happiness  to  others.  It  was  all  very  thrilling  to  even  anticipate,  but  it's  true, 
nevertheless,  that  they  made  an  eleven  days'  tour  of  the  Buckeye  state.  What  fame  they 
spread  for  Bluffton  remains  to  be  seen.  But  since  you  Icnow  their  purpose,  and  believe 
that  their  happiness  came  from  doing  their  level  best  every  day  and  everywhere;  their 
Alma  Mater  will  .still  claim  the  satisfaction  which  comes  from  stamping  superiority,  and 
putting  the  royal  trade-mark  upon  es'erything  which  goes  through  its  doors. 


ITINERARY 

April  14 — Columbus  Grove 

April  1.5 — Dunkirk 

April  16 — Columbus 

April  17 — Logan 

April  18 — West  Carrolton 

April  19 — Dayton 

April  20 — New  Carlisle 

April  21 — West  Liberty 

April  22 — Middleburg 

April  23 — Dayton 

April  23 — Trenton 

April  24 — Carey 

April  25 — Home  Concert 


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Officers 

President  Milo  Herr 

Secretary  Charles  Miller 

Manager  Kennion  Kauffman 

Assistant  Manager RayiTiond  R.  Schryer 

Librarian  ., Harold  Reusser 


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First    Tenors 

Samuel  Flueckiger 
Fred  Welty 
Erwin  Zehr 
Peter  Wiebe 
Albert  Lehman 

Second    Tenors 

Milo  Herr 
Harold  Alderfer 
Irwin   Bauer 
Roy  Hilty 
Leslie  Sprunger 


First  Basses 

Jesse  Diller 
Howard  Michaud 
Don  Clymer 
Harold  Reusser 
G.  A.  Lehman 

Second   Basses 

Gerhard   Buhler 
Edward  Liechty 
Lyle  Strubhar 
Charles  Miller 
Waldo  Roth 


Director,  G.  A.  Lehman 
Accompanist,  Elmer  Ende 
Violinist,  Sidney  Hauenstein 
Reader,  B.  D.  Smucker 


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"Coast  to  Coast"  will  be  the  slogan  of  the  Bluffton  College  Men's  Glee  Club  this 
summer  when  they  sing  their  way  from  the  Pacific  to  the  Atlantic  on  a  tour  lasting 
nearly  three  months.  Twenty-five  men  will  make  the  trip,  including  four  faculty  mem- 
bers. More  than  eighty  concerts  will  be  given  in  fifteen  different  states.  Nearly  one 
week  will  be  spent  in  California.  A  special  pullman  car  will  be  chartered  for  the  trip 
west  of  Chicago. 

Tl:3  organization  has  been  hard  at  work  all  year  under  the  efficient  direction  of 
Professor  Lehman,  Dean  of  the  Conservatory.  A  large  number  of  both  secular  and 
sacred  concerts  have  been  given  by  the  club,  all  of  which  point  to  a  "best  ever"  organi- 
zation which  is  saying  a  great  deal  in  the  light  of  the  splendid  work  of  former  clubs. 

Four  faculty  members  will  make  the  trip.  Prof.  G.  A.  Lehman  is  director  of  the 
songsters.  Prof.  Sidney  Hauenstein  will  be  the  violin  soloist;  Prof.  B.  D.  Smucker  will 
be  the  Club  reader;  while  Prof.  Elmer  Ende  will  be  the  Club  accompanist.  Each  of  these 
men  az-e  masters  in  their  particular  field  and  the  Club  is  indeed  fortunate  to  hive  thc',r 
services. 

After  giving  their  first  conceit  of  the  trip  at  Bluffton  on  Thursday  evening,  June  1, 
during  commencement  week,  the  songsters  will  head  west.  Their  fourth  concert  will 
find  them  in  Chicago  where  they  will  secure  a  special  pullm.an  car.  The  warblers  will 
then  sing  their  way  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  the  state  of  Washington.  They  will  then 
turn  south  thi-u  Oiegon  and  California,  and  cross  over  into  Mexico  at  El  Paso.  Leaving 
the  state  of  the  Golden  Gates,  "Dad's"  proteges  will  turn  their  faces  toward  home  and 
tour  Arizona,  Oklahoma,  Kansas,  Missouri,  Nebraska,  Illinois,  Indiana  and  back  to 
Ohio,  appearing  in  Pandora,  Wednesday,  August  2.  They  will  then  head  east  thru  Ohio 
reaching  the  Atlantic  coast  in  Philadelphia.  On  the  return  trip  several  concerts  will  be 
given  in  Canada  and  Michigan.  The  final  concert  will  be  given  in  Bluffton,  Sunday, 
August  20. 

The  program  will  be  divided  into  two  paits,  one  to  consist  of  readings,  choruses, 
solos  and  insti-umental  numbers  including  a  brass  quartet.  The  second  part  will  be  a 
"familiar-bit-of-college-life"  stunt,  and  some  new  arrangements  of  old  numbers.  This 
will  include  the  "Alma  Mater",  "Hail  Ye"  and  the  "Pledge  Song"  which  was  dedicated 
to  the  Club  by  its  author  Miss  Hilda  Leete  '20. 

The  sacred  program  will  contain  some  of  the  standard  classics  and  modern  music, 
including  arrangements  of  a  few  of  the  finest  familiar  hymns. 

The  object  of  this  "Spartan"  undertaking  which  will  carry  the  Bluffton  Spirit  across 
the  United  States,  touching  Mexico  and  part  of  Canada,  is  two  fold.  It  will  serve  as  a 
national  advertising  campaign  for  Bluffton  College  and  city.  Secondly,  because  of  the 
cooperation  of  the  Mennonites  in  all  parts  of  the  country  in  sponsoring  this  tour,  there 
will  be  a  better  foundation  for  working  together  for  the  betterment  and  enlargement  of 
the  Mennonite  church  itself. 

Much  of  the  credit  for  this  great  undertaking  must  be  given  to  Professor  Lehman, 
under  whose  untiring  direction  the  Club  has  attained  to  its  present  stage  of  perfection 
and  the  many  details  of  the  tour  carefully  worked  out.  This  is  "Dads"  fourth  year  as 
coach  of  the  Glee  Club. 

Kennion  K.  Kauffman  '22  will  act  as  manager  and  publicity  agent  and  will  be  at3~ 
.sisted  by  Raymond  R.  Shryer  '20.  Both  men  will  accompany  the  warblers  on  the  entire 
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THE  VESPER  CHOIR 

The  Vesper  Clioir,  which  was  organizetl  in  1914,  is  another  influence  for  the  best  in 
music  in  the  College  and  in  the  community.  This  organization  is  under  the  direction  of 
Dean  Lehman,  and  is  made  up  almost  entirely  of  members  of  the  two  Glee  Clubs  of 
the  College.  It  appears  regularly  at  the  Vesper  services  in  the  College  Chapel,  on  al- 
ternating Sunday  afternoons. 

The  Choir  prepares  and  sings  the  better  selections  by  modern  writers  as  well  as  those 
by  composers  of  the  earlier  schools.  Indeed,  much  of  the  solemnity  and  impressiveness 
of  this  Sunday  afternoon  service  is  due  to  the  existence  of  this  organization.  In  this 
connection,  much  might  also  be  said  of  the  services  of  the  organist,  whose  ail  gives  the 
desired  finish  not  only  to  the  choir  selections,  but  to  the  entire  Vesper  service  as  well. 


VESPER  CHOIR  OFFICERS 

President  Harold  Alderfer 

Secretary  Nelle  Lugibill 

Librarian Erwin  Zehr 

Director Q.  A.  Lehman 

Organist  E.  Ende 


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In  the  snowing,  in  the  blowing, 

In  the  cruel  sleet — 
Thirty  musicians  were  seen  going, 

Down  old  North  Main  street. 

Perhaps  one  of  the  organizations  of  which  Bluffton  College  may  most  worthily 
boast,  is  the  orchestra.  It  contains  tliirty  pieces  and  has  made  foi'  itself  a  good  repu- 
tation. Few  colleges,  even  much  larger  than  Bluffton,  have  any  orchestra  at  all.  Hence 
Bluffton  may  justly  be  proud  of  this  activity. 

The  Orchestra  is  under  the  leadership  of  Professor  Sidney  Hauenstein,  of  the  con- 
servatory, who  is  very  capable  as  teacher  of  wind  and  string  instruments  and,  as  con- 
ductor of  band  and  orchestra.  He  has  developed  the  Bluffton  orchestra  to  a  very  high 
standard. 

The  orchestra  made  a  five  day  tour.  It  left  Bluffton  on  the  twentieth  of  March, 
and  appeared  in  concerts  at  Ottawa,  Leipsic,  McComb,  North  Baltimore,  Upper  San- 
dusky, Mt.  Cory  and  Bluffton.  The  hospitality  of  the  hosts  wherever  the  orchestra 
went  was  much  appreciated. 

The  first  disappointment  came  when  the  membeis  of  the  orchestra  learned  that  Mr. 
Hauenstein  would  be  unable  to  accompany  them,  due  to  illness.  However  they  were 
fortunate  in  having  as  viola  player  Mr.  Samuel  Flueckiger,  w^ho  conducted  the  orchestra 
throughout  the  tour  with  much  success.  The  second  disappointment  came  when  they 
learned  that  their  president,  Austin'  Lehmann,  mu.st  return  to  Bluffton  on  account  of 
sickness.  They  were  again  foi'tunate  in  being  able  to  fill  the  vacancy  with  Miss  Nelle 
Shuler  as  cometist. 

After  a  very  happy  and  successful  tour  together,  they  were  all  glad  to  reach 
Bluffton  again.  They  hope  the  trips  may  be  more  extensive  in  the  future,  and  the  work 
of  the  orchestra  may  continue  to  be  one  of  the  leading  activities  at  Bluffton  College. 


OFFICERS 

President  Austin  F.  Lehmann 

Secretary-Treasurer  Byron  Spangler 

Librarian  Robert  Hughson 

Sidney  Hauenstein,  Conductor 
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First    Violins 

S.   F.   Pannabecker 
Earl    Smith 

Magdalene    Baumgartner 
Carrie    Sutter 
Robert   Hughson 
Vernon  Sutter 

Second    Violins 

Vivian    Beeshy 
Clorinda    Steiner 
John   Scothorn 
Earl    Salzman 
Gladys  Holtkamp 
Vernon    Sprunger 

Viola 

Samuel    Flueckiger 
Oswin   Lugibihl 


Violinccllos 

Armin   Hauenstein 
Floyd    Byers 

Bass 

Don    Clymer 
P.  E.  Kohli 

Piano 

Naomi   Steiner 

Flute 

Byron  Spangler 

Oboe 

Kent  Hauenstein 


Clarinets 

Reuben    Liechty 
Harold  Althaus 

Horns 

Milo  Herr 
Nelson   Herr 

Trumpets 

Austin    F.    Lehmann 
Albert    Lehman 

Trombones 

Ira    Baumgartner 
Clarence  Kraft 


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Graduate  of  School  of  Oratory,  Goshen  Col- 
lege, 1905;  Student,  Goshen  College,  1905-06; 
Graduate  of  King's  School  of  Oratory,  1906; 
M.  0.,  King's  School  of  Oratory,  1908;  In- 
structor of  Oratory,  Bluffton  College,  1915 — . 

"Bid  me  discourse,  I  will  enchant  thine 
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ORATORY  DEPARTMENT 

One  department  of  the  College  which  shows  increasing  interest  from 
year  to  year  is  the  Oratory  Department.  This  phase  of  our  curriculum  is 
under  the  supervision  of  Professor  B.  D.  Smucker. 

During  the  past  year  there  were  twenty-five  students  taking  work  in 
this  department.  The  work  of  the  department  emphasizes  various  phases, 
among  which  are  original  speech  making,  orating,  debating  and  a  course  in 
interpretative  literature.  There  were  three  graduates  from  this  depart- 
ment. 


CERTIFICATES  IN  ORATORY 
Granted  to 

Grace  Freet,  Beaverdam,  Ohio 
Kennion  K.  Kauffman,  Bremen,  Ind. 
Vance  Schrider,  Bluffton,  Ohio 


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fessor of  Biblical  and  Systematic  Theology. 

A.  B.,  Goshen  College,  1910;  B.  D.,  Union 
Theological  Seminary,  1910;  A.  M.,  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  1919.  Professor  of  Biblical 
and  Systematic  Theology,  Witmarsum  Theol- 
ogical  Seminary,  1921 — . 

"He  from  whose  lips  divine  persuasion 
flows." 


REV.  PAUL  E.  WHITMER,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  Profes- 
sor of  Church  History. 

A.  B.,  Oberlin  College,  1907;  B.  D.,  Oberlin 
Theological  Seminary,  1908;  A.  M.,  Universi- 
ty of  Chicago,  1917.  Professor  of  Church 
History,  Bluifton  College  and  Witmarsum 
Theological  Seminary,  1917 — . 

"Wiser  he,  whose  sympathetic  mind. 
Exalts  in  all  the  good  of  all  mankind." 


REV.  JASPER  A.  HUFFMAN,  A.  B.,  D.  D.,  Pro- 
fessor of  New  Testament  Literature  and  Exe- 
gesis. 

A.  B.,  Bluffton  College,  1915;  B.  D.,  McCor- 
mick  Theological  Seminary,  1919;  D.  D.,  Tay- 
or  University,  1920.  Professor  of  New  Tes- 
tament Literature  and  Exegesis,  Bluffton 
College  and  Witmarsum  Theological  Semin- 
ary, 1915 — . 

"Guided  by  faith  and  matchless  fortitude, 
To  peace  and  truth  thy  glorious  way  hast 
ploughed." 


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of  Old  Testament  Language  and  Literature. 

A.  B.,  University  of  Chicago,  1912;  B.  D., 
'  McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  1913;  A. 
M.,  University  of  Chicago,  1913.  Professor 
of  Old  Testament  Language  and  Literature, 
Witmarsum  Theological  Seminary,  1921 — . 

"A  kind  and  gentle  heart  he  has. 
To  comfoi't  friends  and  foes." 


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NOAH  E.  BYERS,  A.  M.,  Dean  of  College  of  Lib- 
era! Arts  and  Professor  of  Philosophy. 

B.  S.,  Northwestern  University,  1898;  A.  M., 
Harvard  University,  1903.  Dean  of  College 
of  Libei-al  Arts  and  Professor  of  Philosophy, 
Bluffton  College,  1913—. 

"His  mind  is  keen. 

Intense  and  frugal,  apt  for  all  affairs." 


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REV.  SAMUEL  M.  MUSSELMAN,  Professor  of 
Practical  Theology. 

Graduate  Perkiomen  Seminary,  1898;  Stu- 
dent, Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  1901; 
Graduate,  Reformed  Episcopal  Seminary, 
1902.  Professor  of  Practical  Theology,  Bluff- 
ton  College  and  Witmarsum  Theological 
Seminary,   1920—. 

"Experience,  join'd  with  common  sense, 
To  mortals  is  a  providence." 


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WITMARSUM  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 

The  history  of  a  Seminary  as  a  definite  part  of  the  educational  program  of  the  Men- 
nonite  church  of  North  America  dates  back  to  the  year  1914,  when  there  was  organized 
the  institution  known  as  Bluffton  College  and  Mennonite  Seminary. 

Before  this  time  there  were  in  existence  a  number  of  Mennonite  schools  which  gave 
the  teaching  of  the  Bible  a  leading  place  in  their  curriculum.  There  was,  however,  a 
continually  increasing  need  felt  for  presenting  to  Mennonite  young  people  the  opportu- 
nity of  taking  more  highly  specialized  Bible  training  and  more  thoi-ough  courses  of  in- 
struction to  qualify  them  for  successful  Christian  woi"k.  Quite  a  number  of  young  peo- 
ple of  the  denomination,  having  decided  to  become  pastors  or  missionaries  decided  upon 
a  school  not  of  the  denomination  to  prepare  themselves  foi-  the  work. 

This  condition  was  realized  by  leaders  of  the  church  and  so  it  happened  that  when 
an  organization  leading  to  the  establishment  of  Bluffton  College  was  affected,  provision 
was  made  for  including  Mennonite  Seminary  as  a  pail  of  the  organization.  These  early 
years  of  effort  have  been  called  years  of  encouragmeiit  and  discouragment  both.  Much 
good  was  accomplished  and  a  number  of  present  pastoi'S  and  missionaries  profited  by 
years  of  study  in  the  institution.  Although  the  Seminary  as  a  part  of  Bluffton  College 
was  doing  splendid  work,  the  need  for  a  more  representative  and  a  stronger  graduate 
Seminary,  with  more  special  provision  for  a  practical  Bible  and  Missionary  training, 
became  evident.  On  January  15,  1921,  the  Seminary  faculty  at  a  regular  meeting  care- 
fully considered  the  matter,  discussed  every  phase  of  the  problem  and  formulated  a 
petition  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Bluffton  College,  asking  for  the  organization  of  tlie 
Theological  department  as  a  distinci  institution,  consisting  of  the  Witm.ai'sum  Graduate 
Seminary,  and  the  Witmarsum  Bible  Training  School. 

Ths  petition  was  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  its  next  regular  meeting 
and  a  committee  of  five  men  was  appointed  to  proceed  with  the  organization  of  a  separ- 
ate Seminary. 

The  Seminary  Committee  held  two  meetings,  one  on  February  1,  1921  and  another 
on  March  29,  1921.  Plans  were  made  to  give  three  distinct  courses,  namely,  a  Bible 
Course,  a  Theological  College  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Theology 
and  a  regular  Graduate  Seminary  course,  leading  to  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity. 

At  the  regular  session  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Bluffton  College  in  June,  1921, 
the  Board  voted  to  make  the  Seminary  a  separate  and  distinct  institution  and  appointed 
a  committee  to  take  out  articles  of  incorporation  for  the  Seminary  under  the  name 
of  Witmarsum  Theological  Seminary.  These  incorporators  and  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Witmarsum  Theological  Seminary  held  a  meeting  to  plan  for  further  action.  This 
Board  was  aware  of  the  great  task  and  heavy  responsibility  that  it  was  about  to  as- 
sume, and  in  humble  petition  asked  guidance  and  direction  of  Almighty  God.  The  love 
for  the  Church  and  an  active  faith  in  the  mission  of  the  Church  mingled  in  humble  peti- 
tion that  the  Witmarsum  Theological  Seminary  might  become  the  means  of  greater  ser- 
vice to  man  kind  for  the  Mennonite  church. 

The  members  of  the  faculty  having  all  been  elected,  the  plans  for  the  Seminary 
were  completed  and  on  September  13,  1921,  the  doors  were  thrown  open,  and  the  Sem- 
inary was  launched  out  upon  what  we  hope  to  be  a  most  successful  career. 


ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICERS 

President  Rev.  John  E.  Hartzler 

Dean  Rev.  Paul  E.  Whitmer 

Registrar  Rev.  Jasper  A.  Huffman 


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HENRY  ABRAM  FAST 

Mountain    Lake,    Minn. 

A.  B..  Bethel  Collese  :  Garrett  Bib- 
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JOHN   MILTON    REGIER 

Buhler,    Kansas 

A.  B.,  Bethel  ColleRe  A.  M.,  Ober- 
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HARRY   FRANKLIN   WEBER 

Sterling,    III. 

A.  B.,  B.  S.,  Gohen  College ;  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin  ;  B.  D.,  Wit- 
marsum   Theological    Seminary. 


JOHN   J.   VOTH 


Goessel,   Kansas 


A.  B.  Bethel  College  ;  Garrett  Bib- 
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Saudei-  Fast  Umuh 

Shelly  Rediirer  Mitchell 


SEMINARY  STUDENTS 

There  are  three  disthict  departments  to  Witmarsum  Theological  Seminary,  the 
Graduate  Seminary,  the  Theological  College  and  the  Bible  School.  Among  the  students 
enrolled  in  the  Graduate  Seminary  are  Henry  Fast,  Mountain  Lake,  Minn.,  Peter  Regier, 
Buhler,  Kans.,  Wilmer  Shelly,  Emaus,  Pa.,  Henry  Unruh,  Goessel,  Kans.,  John  Voth, 
Goessel,  Kans.,  all  of  whom  have  taken  work  at  Garrett  Biblical  Institute.  Austin 
Keiser,  Milford  Square,  Pa.,  Bedros  Kurkyr.sharian,  Hadjin,  Cilicia,  Arthur  Rosenberger, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  John  Wedel,  Buhler,  Kans.,  Leroy  Mitchell,  Lima,  Ohio  and  Wilmer 
Shelly,  have  received  degrees  from  Bluffton  College  and  are  now  taking  work  in  the 
Seminary.  Aso  A.  F.  Tieszen,  Marion,  S.  Dak.,  Harry  Weber,  Sterling,  111.,  John 
Regier,  Buhler,  Kans.,  have  received  degrees  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  from  various  colleges 
and  have  come  to  Witmarsum  Graduate  Seminary. 

Students  in  the  Theological  College  for  the  past  year  numbered  five:  William 
King,  Pandora,  Ohio,  Frank  Mitchell,  Chicago,  111.,  C.  E.  Rediger,  Bluffton,  Ohio,  Earl 
Salzman,  Carlock,  111.,  Jerry  Sauder,  Grabill,  Ind. 

Fourteen  students  took  work  during  the  Short  Bible  Course,  a  few  of  whom 
were  Bluffton  College  students,  others  came  for  the  special  course  and  the  series  of 
Bible  Lectures  delivered  by  Dr.  Richards  of  the  Reformed  Theological  Seminary,  Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

Altho  the  enrollment  of  the  Seminary  is  not  large,  it  is  nevertheless  recruited 
from  many  institutions  and  reveals  the  great  need  for  a  union  Seminary  for  the  many 
branches  of  the  Mennonite  church. 

OFFICERS 

President Henry  Fast 

Vice  President  Wilmer  Shelly 

Secretary-Treasurer   John   Voth 


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THE  STUDENT  SENATE 

The  Student  Senate  is  the  students'  self-governing-  body  and  serves  as  a  medium 
between  Faculty  and  Student  Body.  Its  aim  is  to  help  in  the  solution  of  problems  aris- 
ing in  student  life  and  to  be  influential  in  constructive  supervision  over  student  enter- 
pi-ises  during  the  year. 

Every  year  standards  of  conduct  are  recommended  to  the  student  body  in  order  that 
all  might  co-operate  in  attaining  the  high  ideals  and  customs  of  our  College.  The  regu- 
lar functions  of  the  Senate  are:  to  elect  the  Honor  Court,  the  Editor  and  the  Business 
Manager  of  the  Witmarsum,  and  to  supervise  all  student  activities  not  conducted  by 
other  organizations. 

The  membership  of  the  Senate  consists  of  student  ]-epresentatives  as  follows:  four 
Seniors,  three  Juniors,  two  Sophomores  and  one  Freshman;  and  is  represented  by  the 
following  members: 

Obern  Ramseyer  '22  President 

Lyle  Strubhar  '23 Vice  President 

Alma  lutzi  '23  Secretary 

Ethel  Roulet  '22  Vivian  Beeshy  '23 

Faery  Huber  '22  Evelyn  Harmon  '24 

John  Geiger  '22  Herbert  Bowers  '24 

Ruth  Williamson  '25 


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INTER-SOCIETY  COUNCIL 

The  Inter-Society  Council  is  an  organization  formed  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging 
and  controlling  the  literary  sncietico  of  the  college.  It  arranges  for  all  joint  and  open 
meetings  and  inter-society  contests,  and  carries  on  all  business  which  the  few  societies 
liave  in  common.  The  council  is  con'i.posed  of  the  chairman,  who  is  a  faculty  member, 
and  two  members  elected  for  the  year  from  each  of  the  four  societies. 

Through  this  organization  the  four  societies  ai'e  able  to  obtain  splendid  co-opera- 
lion;  antl  can  work  together  in  a  way  that  is  most  beneficial  to  the  student  body. 

Chairman:  Professor  Berky 

Philomathean  members:  Clara  Birky,  Lillie  Gratz 
Alethean  members:  Ruth  Hostettler,  Alma  lutzi 
Adelphian  members:  Harry  Krehbiel,  S.  M.  Eidsath 
Athenian  members:  Sidney  Stettler,  Wilmer  Reist 


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ALETHEAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS 


Grace  Amstutz 
Lillie  Basinger 
Zella  Basinger 
Clova  Baumgartner 
Ellen  Bixel 
Mildred  Brenneman 
Lettie  Dreitzler 
Magdalena  Funkhauser 
Estella  Geiger 
Cora  Habegger 
Ella  Habegger 
Ruth  Hostettler 

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Alma  lutzi 
Wilma  Kirchhofer 
Priscilla  Leatherman 
Coi'ienne  Lowry 
Hallie  Moser 
Pearl  Reist 
Thyra  Roberts 
Elvina  Steiner 
Susan  Steiner 
Mary  Warkentin 
Lillian  Welty 
Mabel  Williams 
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ALETHEAN  LITERARY   SOCIETY 

The  Alethean  Literary  Society  ranks  hig-h  in  the  realm  of  Bluff  ton  College  literary 
activities.  This  society  aims  at  none  less  than  the  highest  literary  achievements.  Its 
members  believe  in  rigorous  training  for  public  work;  and  therefore  are  not  content  to 
neglect  the  training  of  their  litei-ary  talent. 

Since  woman's  place,  in  the  political  and  social  life  of  the  nation,  is  being  recognized 
more  and  more,  the  Aletheans  are  convinced  that  the  country's  college  women  should 
be  well  prepared  to  meet,  and  cope  with,  these  great  opportunities,  in  the  best  possible 
way.  Great  privileges  for  this  training  and  development  are  afforded  in  the  literary 
societies.  By  speaking  in  public  before  groups  of  fellow  students,  by  reading  essays 
or  papers  of  their  own  composition,  and  by  debating  and  reporting  in  more  or  less  in- 
formal ways,  they  gradually  develop  the  poise  and  dignity  in  stage  appearance,  which 
is  so  valuable  in  public  work. 

The  programs  given  this  year  have  been  of  unusual  interest.  The  topics  discussed 
have  been  instructive  and  interesting;  they  consisted  of  social,  economic  and  national 
interest.  A  few  miscellaneous  programs  have  added  variety  very  admirably.  A  good 
deal  of  real  literary  talent  has  been  displayed  amongst  the  new  students.  This  promises 
great  things  for  the  future  of  the  society. 

In  Inter-collegiate  contests,  as  well  as  in  Inter-society  contests  and  open  programs, 
the  Aletheans  have  always  taken  their  place  with  the  other  societies.  Both  in  co-opera- 
tion with  their  brother  society,  the  Athenians,  and  alone,  they  are  proving  themselves 
fully  capable  of  attaining  literary  efficiency. 

OFFICERS 
First  Semester 

President   Ella   Habegger 

Vice  President  Grace  Am.stutz 

Secretary  Hallie  Moser 

Treasurer  Alma  lutzi 

Pianist  Elvina  Steiner 

Chori.ster  Mabel  Williams 

Chaplain  Susan  Steiner 

Critic Alma  lutzi 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Clova  Baumgartner 

Second  Semester 

President  Alma  lutzi 

Vice  President  Ruth  Hostettler 

Secretary   Elvina   Steiner 

Treasurer  Cora  Habegger 

Pianist  Magdalena  Funkhauser 

Chorister  Hallie  Moser 

Chaplain  Grace  Amstutz 

Critic  Ella  Habegger 

Sgt.  at  Anns  Clova  Baumgartner 


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PHILOMATHEAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS 


Vera  Althaus 
Agnes  Amstutz 
Helen  Basinger 
Vivian  Beeshy 
Helen  Bechtel 
Clara  Birky 
Lorena  Birky 
Agnes  Franz 
Edna  Hanley 
Rebecca  Hoge 
Gladys  Holtkamp 
Marion  Jacobs 
Helen  Kolter 
Kathryn  Lawrence 
Anna  Luginbill 
Viola  Mitchell 


Ella  Rohrbach 
Ethel  Roulet 
Mildred   Russell 
Ethel  Schindler 
Alta  Smith 
Elda  Sprunger 
Mabel  Stauffer 
Clorinda  Steiner 
Naomi  Steiner 
Bla'ichc   Stutzman 
Verna  Suter 
Ruth  Thompson 
Gladys  loder 
Lydia  Liechty 
Lillie   Gratz 
Ruth  Lantz 


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The  greater  part  of  the  success  of  the  hterary  work  this  year  is,  no 
doubt,  due  to  the  splendid  effort  the  participants  put  forth  at  each  and 
every  meeting;  and  also,  to  the  never  waning  interest  manifested  by  all 
members  of  the  society. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  four  societies  together  gave  an  open 
program  which  all  new  students,  especially,  were  urged  to  attend.  After 
this  meeting  an  invitation  was  extended  to  all  non-members  in  the  student 
body  to  join  one  of  the  societies.  Sixteen  girls  applied  for  membership  in 
the  Philomathean  Society  and  were  duly  accepted  into  its  ranks. 

The  semi-monthly  programs  of  this  society  were  of  excellent  quality 
and  consisted  mostly  of  orations,  speeches,  debates,  impromtus  and  parlia- 
mentary drills.  In  spite  of  the  many  other  exciting  and  interesting  college 
activities  which  occupy  the  student's  mind  day  after  day,  the  literary  so- 
cieties look  back  over  a  year  of  unusual  success. 

Nineteen  twenty-one  to  nineteen  twenty-two  makes  an  epoch  in  the 
literary  activity  of  Bluffton  College. 


OFFICERS 

First  Semester 

President  Agnes  Amstutz 

Vice  President  Ethel  Schindler 

Secretai-y --  Gladys  loder 

Treasurer  Vivian  Beeshy 

Chaplain  Lillie  Gratz 

Critic  Alta  Smith 

Sgt.  at  Arms Mildred  Russell 

Second  Semester 

President   Rebecca   Hoge 

Vice  President  --  Alta  Smith 

Secretary  Helen  Bechtel 

Treasurer  Naomi  Steiner 

Chaplain  Clorinda  Steiner 

Critic  Clara  Birky 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Mabel  Stauffer 


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ATHENIAN   LITERARY   SOCIETY 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS 


Everett  Augspui-ger 
Harold  Althaus 
Irwin  Bauman 
Victor  Bagley 
Emory  Diller 
Frank  Dyck 
Vernon  Freidinger 
Artie  Hochstettler 
Raymond  Hilty 
Fred  Hilty 
Paul  Huffman 
K.  K.  Kauffman 


Charles  Miller 
Alfred  Moser 
Floyd  Pannabecker 
Wilmer  Reist 
Sidney  Stettler 
Vernon  Sprunger 
Leslie  Sprunger 
Jerry   Sauders 
Herbert  Schmidt 
Paul  Sprunger 
Byron  Spangler 
Donald  Welty 


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ATHENIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY 

The  Athenian  Literaiy  Society  has  again  been  active  in  doing  its  part 
to  develop  the  hterary  talents  of  the  students  of  Bluffton  College.  Though 
the  number  of  old  members,  who  returned  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  was 
comparatively  small,  a  large  number  of  Freshmen  selected  this  as  their  fu- 
ture society.  With  the  addition  of  these  new  members,  the  number  in  the 
society  approached  the  point  of  greatest  efficiency.  The  meetings  were 
very  interesting  and  instructive,  and  all  members  by  having  the  opportuni- 
ty to  take  part  often,  received  the  full  benefit  of  the  activities. 

Varied  programs — consisting  of  readings,  essays,  talks,  orations,  edi- 
torials, debates  and  parliamentary  drills  — were  given.  By  making  him- 
self personally  responsible  for  the  success  of  the  meetings,  each  member 
helped  to  make  these  programs  well  worth  while  for  all  present. 

Due  to  the  large  number  of  active  members  the  work  of  the  year  has 
been  very  successful,  and  we  look  forward  to  a  great  future  for  this  society. 

OFFICERS 

First  Semester 

President K.  K.  Kauffman 

Vice  President Frank  Dyck 

Secretary-Treasurer Byron  Spangler 

Chaplain  Irwin  Bauman 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Emory  Diller 

Second  Semester 

President  - .-  Irwin  Bauman 

Secretary-Treasurer Byron  Spangler 

Chaplain  Wilmer  Reist 

Critic  K.  K.  Kauffman 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Emory  Diller 


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ADELPHIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS 


Otho  Thompson 
Harry  Krehbiel 
Ira  Baumgartner 
Lester  Kraft 
Leonard  Welty 
Irwin  Bauer 
S.  M.  Eidsath 
John  Geiger 
Maurice  Troyer 
Dwight  Salzman 
Earl  Salzman 
Robert  Hughson 
Warren  Rosenberger 
Robert  Schumacher 
Leonard  Graber 

Leo  Burcky 


Charles  Grothaus 
Orville  Litwiller 
Russell  Stauffer 
Stanley  Levering 
Homer  Suter 
Howtird  Liechty 
William  Hilty 
Abram  Wiebe 
Laurel  Bauman 
Hrrold  Alderfer 
Edward  Liechty 
Howard  Michaud 
Peter  Wiebe 
Jesse  Diller 
Melvin  Kirchhofer 


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ADELPHIAN  LITERARY  SOCIETY 

The  Adelphian  Literary  Society  has  striven  throughout  the  year  to 
hve  up  to  higher  Hterary  ideals.  The  hterary  programs  have  been  varied, 
instructive  and  interesting.  Work  consisted  of  debates,  essays,  orations, 
impromptu  speeches  and  parliamentary  drill  with  an  occasional  humorous 
number  to  add  a  little  spice  among  the  more  serious  productions.  Versatile 
programs  are  designed  to  develop  all  literary  talents  so  that  poise  and  ease 
can  be  maintained  before  the  public  while  rendering  any  form  of  produc- 
tion. The  constructive  criticism  that  has  been  given  each  production  at 
every  meeting  by  way  of  pointing  out  faults  and  good  points  has  been  a 
valuable  aid  in  directing  all  literary  efforts  toward  a  higher  standard.  The 
greatest  value  of  literary  societies  lies  in  the  fact  that  they  prepare  one  for 
greater  possibilities  of  life  after  college.  The  more  obvious  results  of  Adel- 
phian etfort  can  be  seen  by  observing  the  Adelphian  members  holding  po- 
sitions of  leadership  in  practically  all  phases  of  college  life.  In  short  we 
have  put  into  practice  in  our  programs  that  sage  advice,  "We  learn  to  do  by 
doing." 

Our  membership  being  somewhat  large,  no  effort  was  made  to  secure 
new  members  except  to  extend  to  them  an  invitation.  Quite  a  number  of 
Freshmen  responded  to  this  opportunity.  Within  that  number  it  is  easy  to 
recognize  some  real  literary  ability.  We  are  proud  of  them  and  firmly  be- 
lieve we  offer  them  a  fertile  field  for  the  cultivation  of  their  talents. 

The  societies  planned  to  meet  on  every  other  Tuesday  night  through 
out  the  school  year,  but  many  programs  had  to  be  postponed  because  of 
other  conflicting  meetings.  Literaiy  workers  feel  that  the  greater  possi- 
bilities for  good  have  been  seriously  affected  by  this  too  often  interference 
of  other  college  activities.  The  literary  societies  are  among  the  most  im- 
portant of  student  organizations  and  the  Adelphians  insist  that  literary 
night  should  be  kept  open,  by  those  in  position  to  maintain  it. 

As  a  whole  this  year  has  been  one  of  fair  literary  success  and  we 
earnestly  hope  that  in  the  future  more  consideration  will  be  tendered  lit- 
erary societies  so  that  the  development  of  talents  will  continue  each  year 
with  increasing  success. 


OFFICERS 

First  Semester 

President Otho  Thompson 

Vice  President  Leonard  Welty 

Secretary  S.  M.  Eidsath 

Treasurer  Dwight   Salzman 

Chaplain  Earl  Salzman 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Peter  Wiebe 

Critic  John  Geiger 

Second  Semester 

President  Leonard  Welty 

Vice  President  Charles  Grothaus 

Secretary S.  M.  Eidsath 

Treasurer  Jesse  Diller 

Chaplain  Earl  Salzman 

Sgt.  at  Arms  Stanley  Levering 

Critic  John  Geiger 


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THE  DEBATING  CLUB 

Erwin  Zehr  was  elected  president  and  Otho  Thompson,  secretary-treasurer,  of  the 
Debating  Club  early  in  the  school  year.  Sixteen  would-be  wranglers  engaged  in  mor- 
tal combat  with  words  on  the  evening  of  November  1  to  see  who  should  survive.  After 
the  smoke  of  battle  had  cleai-ed  away,  Judges  Whitmer,  Berky  and  Miller  decided  in 
favor  of  the  following  eight:  Harry  C.  Krehbiel,  Kennion  K.  Kauffman,  Maurice  Troyer, 
Erwin  Zehr,  Irwin  Bauman,  Everett  Augspurger,  Raymond  Hilty  and  Vernon  Freidinger. 
Everett  Augspurger  replaced  Otho  Thompson  as  secretary-treasurer.  Professor  Miller 
was  elected  coach. 

Many  colleges  challenged  our  team,  but  only  two  were  given  a  chance  to  display 
their  ability.  The  regular  annual  triangular  debate  with  Findlay  and  Defiance  was  held 
on  March  31. 

The  question  for  debate  this  year  was:  "Resolved,  that  the  policy  of  closed  shop 
wdth  open  union  should  receive  the  support  of  public  opinion."  The  affirmative  team 
consisted  of  K.  K.  Kauffman,  Captain;  Erwin  Zehr;  Irwin  Bauman;  and  Orville  Litwiller, 
alternate,  Orville  Litwiller  taking  the  place  originally  held  by  Vernon  Freidinger.  The 
negative  team  consisted  of  Harry  C.  Krehbiel,  Captain;  Maurice  Troyer;  Everett  Augs- 
purger; and  Leonard  Graber,  alternate.  Leonard  Graber  filling  the  vacancy  caused  by 
Raymond  Hilty's  resignation. 


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THE  TRIANGULAR  DEBATE 

It  was  long  thought,  especially  by  the  coeds  of  the  college,  that  a  debate  was  to 
be  shunned  not  as  something  dangerous  but  as  something  altogether  dry  and  uninter- 
esting. If  the  fair  ones  attended  a  debate  at  all  it  was  from  a  sense  of  loyalty  to  the 
college  or  to "just  because". 

This  year,  however,  on  the  evening  of  March  31  an  exceedingly  large  audience, 
at  least  half  of  which  was  girls,  was  present  to  hear  the  argument  upon  a  very  timely 
question.  The  Bluffton  men  easily  convinced  any  skeptics  that  debates  are  highly  in- 
teresting and  one  vvitty  speaker  of  the  opposing  side  proved  that  they  are  also  far 
from  being  dry.  Debates  in  BlufftOii  College  are  rapidly  becoming  as  popular  as  athlet- 
ic contests. 

This  year  the  negative  team  of  each  school  in  the  triangle  debated  away  from  home. 
The  Bluffton  negative  team,  which  was  composed  of  Harry  Krehbiel,  Maurice  Troyer, 
Everett  Augspurger  and  Leonard  Giaber,  alternate,  went  to  Defiance.  There  it  was 
found  that,  while  both  teams  had  prepared  excellent  constructive  speeches,  Bluffton 
proved  to  be  more  than  a  match  for  the  opponents  and  won  by  a  3-0  decision. 

The  Findlay  negative  team  came  to  Bluffton  to  meet  our  affirmative  team  consist- 
ing of  Kennion  K.  Kauffan,  Erwin  Zehr,  Irwin  Bauman  and  Orville  Litwiller,  alternate. 
Our  men  showed  much  real  ability  biod  extensive  preparation  and  by  their  clear  think- 
ing and  easy,  convincing  speech  won  the  decision  of  each  of  the  judges. 


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THE  WITMARSUM 

Editor-in-Chief Kennion  K.  KaufFman  '22 

Business  Manager  Harry  Krehbiel   '22 

Managing  Editor  Harold  Alderfer  '22 

Editorial  Staff 

Winifred  Scheid  '22 
Clara  Birky  '24 
Corienne  Lowry  '24 
Byron  Spangler  '24 
Clova  Bau.mgartner  '25 
Everett  Augspurger  '25 

Business  Staff 

Advertising  Managers 

Howard  Michaud  '24 
Harold  Reusser  '25 

Circulation  Managers 

Obem  Ramseyer  '22 
Sherman  F.  Myers  '23 

Assistants 

Olan  Baumgartner  '23 
L.  A.  Kettunen  '25 


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THE  PRESS  CLUB 

The  Press  Club  has  passed  thru  the  most  success tul  season  in  the  history  of  the 
Witmarsum  and  great  progress  has  been  made  along  the  lines  of  journalistic  activity. 
The  staff  can  be  justly  proud  of  the  year's  labor  and  of  the  success  that  has  crowned 
their  work  in  all  of  the  departments. 

The  Witmarsum  has  been  enlarged  from  a  four  column  sheet,  fourteen  inches  long 
to  a  five  column  affair,  nineteen  inches  long.  This  improvement  made  it  possible  to 
publish  the  weekly  news  of  the  many  student  activities  and  operations  in  a  deserving 
fashion.  Not  only  did  this  tend  to  give  each  line  of  collegiate  endeavor  sufficient  pub- 
licity but  also  did  it  make  complete  and  well  balanced  write  ups. 

As  Editor-in-Chief,  Mr.  Kauffman  cannot  be  praised  too  highly.  His  sheet  was  al- 
ways newsy,  interesting  and  progressive.  The  policy  pursued  throughout  the  entire 
year  was  one  of  co-operation  with  the  existing  activities  for  the  good  of 
Bluffton.  In  dealing  with  questions  of  policy,  Mr.  Kauffman  always  decided  in  favor 
of  the  one  that  angered  for  the  best  to  the  institution.  His  editorials  always  bore  that 
in  mind  as  did  his  relations  with  the  various  bodies  on  the  campus.  The  great  co-opera- 
tion of  the  staff  during  the  entire  year  is  indeed  a  tribute  to  his  leadership.  Mr. 
Kauffman  has  certainly  proved  his  journalistic  qualities  and  the  great  success  awarded 
him  is  none  other  than  he  deserves. 

Believing  that  the  paper  was  now  lai-ge  enough  to  make  the  position  of  managing 
editor  an  asset  and  having  the  ideal  material  in  the  person  of  Harold  Alderfer,  this 
position  was  established  as  a  permanent  fixture  of  future  Witmarsums.  A  great  deal 
of  the  credit  for  the  splendid  make  up  and  appearance  of  the  sheet  must  be  given  to 
Mr.  Alderfer,  whose  journalistic  ability  is  of  the  highest  type.  Besides  his  executive 
ability  "Aldy"  contributed  some  of  the  best  writeups  of  the  year,  being  an  all  around 
writer  from  Faculty  Sidelights  to  Gas  Attacks. 

The  financial  success  of  the  Witmarsum  is  due  to  the  prodigious  efforts  of  the  Busi- 
ness Manager,  Mr.  Krehbiel.  Starting  the  year  with  a  large  debt  against  the  account 
plus  a  greater  current  expense,  Mr.  Krehbiel  has  succeeded  in  clearing  the  besmirched 
ledger  pages  and  giving  the  sheet  a  new  lease  on  life.  Wtill  Street  is  waiting  for  finan- 
ciers of  that  calibre. 

Upholding  the  journalistic  reputation  of  the  family.  Petite  "Peggy"  graced  the  Wit- 
marsum with  her  brilliant  pen  in  many  of  the  head  line  articles.  Society  and  elite 
entertainments  were  covex-ed  by  Miss  Scheid  in  her  usual  winning  style. 

Clara  Birky  showed  considerable  ability  in  jouiT.alism  and  was  an  invaluable  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  by  virtue  of  her  faithful  woi'k.  Corienne  Lowry,  our  own  poetess,  con- 
tributed with  her  snappy  sketches  and  happy  little  poems  which  broke  up  the  monotony 
of  the  paper  very  opportunely.  Byron  Spangler,  our  funny  man,  was  the  soul  of 
wit — marsum.  "Petie"  showed  coming  stuff  and  we  predict  a  great  future  for  him  on 
future  Witmarsum  staffs.  Clova  Baumgartner  and  Everett  Augspurger  made  great 
strides  as  beginners  and  should  be  good  material  for  next  year's  staff.  Interest  in  the 
work  is  what  counts  and  these  two  have  put  in  the  Witmarsum  their  whole  hearts  beside 
their  writeups.  Les  Spi-unger,  also  of  Frosh  fame,  took  charge  of  the  many  athletic 
events  of  the  year  and  covered  them  as  a  veteran  would  have  been  proud  to  do.  Les 
loves  to  splash  ink  and  weilds  a  mean  quill.  He  is  another  of  our  white  hopes  for 
future  Press  Clubs. 

The  advertisers  had  more  ads  than  ever  before  and  the  circulation  managers  had 
more  sub.scriptions  than  ever  before  and  that's  a  better  compliment  than  we  can  give 
them  with  our  flowing  line. 

The  whole  year  went  off  smoothly  and  the  success  of  the  staff  should  encourage 
future  staffs  to  greater  success. 


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PENNSYLVANIA  CLUB 

Among  the  various  parts  of  the  country  represented  at  Bluffton  College  this  year 
it  was  found  that  almost  seven  per  cent  of  the  entire  student  body  had  come  from  the 
Keystone  state,  beyond  the  Alleghenies. 

Without  recoid  of  the  contributions  made  by  these  "Keystoners"  to  the  life  of  the 
campus,  the  annals  of  the  college  would  be  incomplete.  From  this  gioup  come  loyal 
support  and  participation  in  atliletics,  debating,  glee  clubs  and  all  other  forms  of  activ- 
ity important  in  the  development  of  a  real  college  life. 

A  Pennsylvania  Club  banquet  was  held  in  Ropp  Hall  the  fore  part  of  the  year 
and  the  spirit  manifested  there  was  with  the  club  throughout  the  year. 


OFFICERS 

President  Irwin  Bauer 

Secretary-Treasurer  Priscilla  Leatherman 


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ILLINOIS  CLUB 

Illinois  has  this  year,  as  in  previous  years,  sent  to  Bluffton  a  large  number  of  stu- 
dents, who  represent  their  good  old  state  in  neai'ly  evei-y  branch  and  phase  of  the  school 
activities.  They  have  one  interest  in  common  and  that  is,  loyalty  to  their  state,  next 
to  loyalty  to  Bluffton  College.  All  of  the  Illinoisians  met  early  in  the  year  and  organ- 
ized; electing  Maurice  Troyer  as  President;  Pauline  Schantz  as  Vice  President  and 
Dwight  Salzman  as  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  At  the  end  of  the  first  semester  some  of 
the  members  of  the  club  left  school  but  two  more  were  added  and  at  the  present  time 
the  club  boa.sts  of  nineteen  members.  Plans  are  being  made  to  hold  the  annual  banquet 
in  the  spring. 


OFFICERS 

President  : Maurice  Troyer 

Vice  President  Pauline  Schantz 

Seci-etary-Treasurev Dwight  Salzman 


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TRANS-MISSISSIPPI  CLUB 

In  the  year  1918  those  students  who  had  crossed  the  "River  of  Rivers"  in  their 
search  for  knowledge  formed  what  is  now  known  as  the  Trans-Mississippi  Club,  with 
the  idea  of  showing  the  far  reaching  influence  of  Bluffton  College  and  of  making  that 
influence  even  more  wide  spread  in  the  western  states.  Since  then  the  membership  has 
gradually  increased  and  this  year  is  made  up  of  representatives  from  Iowa,  Missouri, 
Minnesota,  Nebraska,  Idaho,  Washington  and  California.  Active  interest  iS  taken  by 
the  individuals  in  Literary  Societies,  Glee  Clubs,  Athletics  and  Christian  organizations. 
Each  year  the  crowning  event  is  a  social  gathering  which  is  truly  characteristic  of  the 
western  spirit  and  this  spirit  blended  with  that  of  Bluffton  tends  to  build  students  loyal 
and  true  to  their  Alma  Mater. 


OFFICERS 

President  Leonard  Welty 

Secretary-Treasurer  Herbert  Schmidt 


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HOOSIER  CLUB 

"When  I  dream  about  the  moonlight  on  the  Wabash, 
Then  I  long  for  my  Indiana  home." 

Bluffton  students,  who  claim  the  glorious  state  of  Indiana  as  theirs,  organized 
themselves  this  year,  for  the  first  time  in  the  annals  of  Bluffton  clubdom.  Their  purpose 
is  to  bind  those  of  common  state  interest  and  customs  into  a  more  closely  united  brother- 
hood as  well  as  that  of  better  representing  and  advertising  Bluffton  college  in  their 
home  communities. 

Early  in  the  college  year  plans  were  made  to  organize  the  club.  All  Hoosiers  im- 
mediately took  interest  and  became  very  enthusiastic.  During  the  year  one  banquet 
was  held  which  every  Hoosier  well  i-emembers.  Their  Indiana  poets  were  praised, 
Indiana  songs  were  sung  and  Indiana  "eats"  were  disposed  of  in  true  Indiana  style. 


OFFICERS 

President  Payson  Miller 

Vice  President  Reuben  Liechty 

Secretary  Ella  Habegger 

Treasurer  K.  K.  Kauffman 


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Y.  W.  C.  A.  CABINET  1921—1922 

President   Mabel    Smith 

Vice  President  -Ella  Habegger 

Secretary  Evelyn   Harmon 

Treasurer  Vera  Althaus 

Religious  Meeting  Chairman Naomi  Steiner 

Social   Service   Chairman   Ethel    Roulet 

Music   Chairman Faery  Huber 

Social  Chairman  Verna  Krabill 

Association  News  Chairman  Vivian  Beeshy 

High  School  Chairman  Edna  lutzi 

Bibles  and  Missions  Chairman  Gladys  loder 

Faculty  Advisor  Miss   Mueller 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  CABINET  1922—1923 

President   Ruth    Lantz 

Vice  President  Magdalene  Baumgartner 

Secretary  Helen  Bechtel 

Treasurer Pauline   Schantz 

Religious   Meeting   Chairman Edna  lutzi 

Social    Service   Chairman    Estelle    Geiger 

Music  Chairman   Cleona  Augspurger 

Social  Chairman  Evelyn  Harmon 

Association  News  Chairman  Mary  Evans 

High  School  Chairmen  ....  Clorinda  Steiner,  Helen  Bechtel 

Mission  and  Bible  Study  Chairaaan Vei-na  Krabill 

Faculty  Advisor  Miss  Mueller 


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Y.  W.  C.  A.  MEETINGS  1921—1922 

Apr.  7 — Mrs.  S.  K.  Mosiman — Easter  Meeting. 

Apr.   14 — Sophomores — Sophomore   Meeting. 

Apr.  21 — Miss  Jean  Porter. 

Apr.  28 — Eebecca  Hoge — Eaglesmere  Meeting. 

May  5 — E'la  Habegger — Mothers   Service. 

May  12 — Gladys  locler — Missionary  Meeting. 

May  19— Miss  McPeak — 'Grace  Dodge,  Her  Legacy  and  Mind". 

May   26 — Seniors — Senior   Meeting. 

May  29 — Joint  Meeting  led  by  Emma  Good  end  Abram  Rickert — "The  Balance  Sheet 

of  Life". 
Sept.   22 — Mabel   Smith — "Our  Purpose". 
Sept.  29 — Recognition  Pageant. 
Oct.  6 — Gladys  loder — Missionary  Meeting. 
Oct.   13— Vera   Althaus— "Put   It   Across." 

Oct.  20 — Ethel   Schindler  and  Elvina  Steiner — "Women  in  Industry." 
Oct.  27 — Joint  Meeting  led  by  Bedros  Kurkyasharian — His  War  Experiences. 
Nov.  3— Miss  Spi-unger— "Health". 
Nov.  10 — Ethel  Roulet — "The  Limitation  of  Arms". 
Nov.  17 — Lillie  Gratz — "Prayer". 

Nov.  24 — Naomi  Steiner  and  Harry  Krehbiel — "Service". 
Dec.  1 — Edna  lutzi — "The  Meaning  of  Service". 
Dec.  6— Dr.  Winfield  Scott  Hall— "Ideal  Womanhood". 
Dec.  15 — Mrs.  N.  W.  Cunningham — "Missions". 
Dec.  19 — Miss  Mueller — Christmas  Meeting. 
Jan.   5 — Vema   Krabill — "Our   Neighbors". 

Jan.  12 — Agnes  Amstutz — Preparatoi-y  Service  for  the  Elliott  Meetings. 
Feb.  2 — Mrs.  Pannabecker — "The  New  Vision." 

Feb.  9 — Clorinda  Steiner — "The  Ten  Commandments  of  the  Twentieth  Century". 
Feb.  16— Alta  Smith— "To  Follow  Him". 
Feb.  23— Mrs.  Homer  Moser— "My  Task". 

Mar.  2 — Miss  Sylia — The  National  Convention  at  Hot  Springs. 
Mar.  9 — Magdalene  Baumgartner — "The  Ideal  Girl". 
Mar.   16 — Mrs.   R.  E.   Hughson — "The   Industrial    Problem". 

Mar.  23 — Joint  Meeting  led  by  Miss  Dorothy  Halliday — The  Foreign  Missionary. 
Mar.  30 — Lorena  Birky  and  Verna  Sutter — "The  Open  Door". 


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After  a  pleasant  week-end  spent  at  the  home  of  the  association  president,  Mabel 
Smith,  the  Y.  W.  Cabinet  members  -returned  to  Bluffton  full  of  College  Spirit.  Plans 
were  made  to  meet  all  the  girls  as  they  came  to  Bluffton  en  Monday.  The  cabinet 
members  joined  by  a  number  of  Y.  W.  girls  met  the  trains  and  cars  upon  which  our  new 
college  friends  arrived. 

Remembering  the  first  few  weeks  as  a  Freshman,  the  Y.  girls  did  every  thing  possi- 
ble to  make  the  newcomers  feel  comfortable  and  happv.  Wlien  the  girls  reached  their 
iooms,  they  found  clusters  of  pink  and  yellov/  flowers  to  chase  away  the  gloom.  The 
association  girls  were  again  on  hand  on  registration  day,  ready  to  help.  In  every  possi- 
ble way  the  girls  tried  to  be  true  friends  and  prevent  those  homesick  and  lonesome 
looks,  sometimes  seen  during  the  first  few  weeks  of  college,  from  appeai-ing  on  the 
faces  of  the  strangers. 

Following  the  opening  of  college,  the  Y.  M.  and  Y.  W.  did  their  part  to  get  people 
acquainted.  On  Tuesday  of  the  opening  week  the  girls  stole  away  to  Eaton's  Woods. 
There  they  found  a  cheery  campfire  brightening  the  cool  dusk  of  an  autumn  day.  The 
streamlet,  the  ragged  hill,  and  the  stately  oak  and  maple  trees,  lent  a  festive  air  to 
the  scene  so  that  all  enjoyed  the  eats  together.  The  next  day,  Friday,  the  Y.  M.  and 
Y.  W.  entertained  the  faculty  and  student  body  at  a  joint  reception. 

These  functions  had  done  much  to  show  the  new  girls  the  friendliness  of  the  Y.  W. 
C.  A.  and  a  large  number  attended  the  first  regular  meeting  the  next  week.  Several 
weeks  following  the  opening  of  college  the  Y.  W.  members  were  glad  to  welcome  thirty 
new  girls  into  their  association. 

The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  is  an  organization  which  stretches  a 
three  fold  ideal  around  the  world.  The  blue  triangle,  which  is  the  emblem  of  the  or- 
ganization, signifies  a  well  balan.ced  Christian  life,  physically,  mentally  and  spiritually. 
The  Bluffton  Association  extends  hearty  greetings  and  best  wishes  to  the  former  stu- 
dents and  alumni  of  the  College,  and  to  its  friends  throughout  the  world. 


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Y.  M.  C.  A.  CABINET  1921-1922 

President   Ira  Baum^gartner 

Vice  Pi'esident  Obern  Ramseyer 

Seci'etary   Floyd   Byers 

Treasurer    Hei-bert    Bowers 

Religious  Meeting  Chairman  Harry  Krehbiel 

Social   Service  Chairman John  Geiger 

Publicity  Chainnan Ervin   Zehr 

Bible  Study  Chairman Lyle  Strubhar 

Music  ChaiiTnan S.  L.  Flueckiger 

Social  Chairmen  Amos  Badertscher,  Austin  Lehmann 

High  School   Y  Chairman  Otho  Thompson 

Faculty  Advisor  Floyd  Pannabecker 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  CABINET  1922-1923 

President  Austin  Lehmann 

Vice  President  Leonai'd  Welty 

Secretary  Everett  Augspurger 

Treasurer  Allan  Baumgartner 

Religious  Meeting  Chairman  Irvin  Bauman 

Social  Service  Chainnan  Maurice  Troyer 

Publicity  Chainnan  Leslie  Sprunger 

Bible  Study  Chairman  Raymond  Hilty 

Music  Chairman   Edward   Liechty 

Social    Chairman    Byron    Spangler 

High  School   Y  Chairman  Herbert  Bowers 

Intercollegiate  Chainnan  Ei-win  Zehr 

Faculty  Advisor  Floyd  Pannabecker 

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Y.  M.  C.  A.  MEETINGS  1921-1922 

Apr.  7 — Installation  Service  led  by  Dr.  Mosiman. 

Apr.  14 — Prof.  Berky — "Unearned  Increment  vs  Unrewarded  Service." 

Apr.  21 — Dr.  Arnold — "Sunday  School  Work." 

M,ay  5 — H.  L.  Seamans,  State  Y.  M,  Secretary— "Y.  M.  C.  A.  Work  in  Other  Colleges." 

May  12— Prof.  Burkhardt— "The  Bible". 

May  19— Rev.  Leroy  Mitchell— "The  Game  of  Life". 

May  26 — Dean  N.  E.  Byers — "Choosing  a  Vocation". 

May  29 — Joint  Meeting  led  by  Emma  Good  and  Abram  Rickert — "The  Balance  Sheet 
of  Life". 

Sept.  22— Prof.  Pannabecker— "The  Outlook  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A." 

Sept.  29 — H.  L.  Seamans,  State  Y.  M.  Secretary — "The  Bible  Discussion  Group". 

Oct.  6 — Prof.  Berky — "Keeping  the  Triangle  Perfect". 

Oct.  13 — Prof.  Hauenstein — The  Lake  Geneva  Conference. 

Oct.  20 — Prof.  King — "The  Power  of  a  Great  Ambition". 

Oct.  27 — Joint  Meeting  led  by  Bedros  Kurkyasharian — His  War  Experiences. 

Nov.  8 — P.  R.  Marshall — "Your  Value  to  the  Community". 

Nov.  10 — Prof.  Miller — "A  Service  of  Love  in  War  Time". 

Nov.  17 — Dean  Byers — "A  Young  Man's  Religion." 

Nov.  24 — Joint  meeting  led  by  Naomi  Steiner  and  Harry  Krehbiel — "Service". 

Dec.  1 — Clifton  Sprunger — American  Relief  in  Europe. 

Dec.  6 — Dr.  Winfield  Scott  Hall — "Eugenics  and  Hygiene". 

Dec.  15 — Prof.  Quiring — Christmas  Address. 

Jan.  5 — Otho  Thompson — "Fundamentals  of  Leadership". 

Jan.  12— Pres.  Hartzler— "The  Balanced  Life". 

Feb.  9 — Abram  Wiebe — "Practical  Lessons  From  Goethe's  Faust". 

Feb.  16 — Reuben  Liechty — "Where  Do  We  Go  From  Here". 

Feb.  23— Seminary  Students— "The  Challenge  of  the  Ministry". 

Mar.  2— Fred  Welty— "Home  Missions". 

Mar.  9— Prof.  Hirschler— "Seeking  the  Truth". 

Mar.  16— S.  R.  Dhalwani— India. 

Mar.  23— Joint  Meeting  led  by  Miss  Dorothy  Halliday— The  Foreign  Missionary. 

Mar.  30 — Herbert  Schmidt — Freshmen  Meeting 


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Y.  M.  C.  A. 

The  department  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  as  it  appears  in  Bluffton  College  is,  perhaps,  the 
most  vitalizing  foi-ce  working  among  the  young  men  of  the  college.  It  is  the  influence  of 
the  Y.  M.  and  the  Y.  W.  that  causes  anyone  who  comes  upon  the  campus  to  feel  that 
here,  surely,  exists  an  intangible  something  that  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  college  where 
the  Y.  organizations  are  not  functioning. 

The  wholesome  atmosphere  existing  among  the  men  on  and  about  the  campus  is 
due  to  a  vei-j-  great  extent  to  the  fact  that  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  is  promoting  the  physical, 
spiritual,  mental  and  social-welfare  of  the  group.  It  would  seem  that  the  value  of  the 
contribution  made  by  this  organization  to  the  life  on  the  campus,  can  hardly  be  over- 
estimated. Each  man  has  the  privilege  of  entering  into  Christian  activities,  and  a  spirit 
Is  created  and  fosteretl  within  the  student  which  leads  to  the  cooperation  of  the  entire 
group. 

The  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  the  year  began  before  the  time  set  for  the  opening 
of  the  school  year,  when  the  cabinet  members  leturned  a  few  days  early  to  discuss 
plans  for  the  year,  and  to  aii-ange  for  the  reception,  and  placing  of  the  students  as  they 
returned. 

This  was  followed  by  a  joint  Y.  M.-Y.  W.  i-eception  and  later  by  the  "Y  Stag" 
where  all  the  fellows  both  new  and  old  were  heartily  welcomed  to  the  social  life  of  the 
campus  and  the  other  activities  as  offered  by  the  college  and  the  various  other  organi- 
zations. 

No  less  great  was  the  enthusiasm  and  interest  shown  by  the  fellows  in  the  regular 
religious  meetings  held  each  week.  These  meetings  were  addressed  by  a  great  many 
prominent  men  fi-om  outside  the  College  as  well  as  members  of  the  College  and  Semin- 
ary faculties,  and  also  members  of  the  student  body.  All  of  these  regular  meetings  were 
very  well  attended.    In  fact,  evei-y  urdeilaking  of  the  Y.  M.  was  backed  to  the  limit. 

Practically  the  entire  number  of  the  men  connected  with  the  college  enrolled  as 
members  and  contributed  splendidly  to  the  budget,  making  it  possible  to  support  the 
local,  state  and  national  work,  and  also  contribute  a  neat  sum  to  missions. 

it  was  considered  a  rare  treat  to  be  able  to  have  "Dad"  Elliott  on  the  campus  for  a 
period  of  three  days  and  the  influence  and  memory  of  those  messages  delivered  by  him 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  Bible  study  groups  and  prayer  groups  including  every  stu- 
dent, were  organized  to  pave  the  way  for  his  coming.  So  vital  did  the  prayer  groups 
become  to  the  various  groups  of  students  that  they  continued  to  meet  once  or  twice  a 
week  throughout  the  remainder  of  the  year. 


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THE  STUDENT  VOLUNTEER  BAND 

Those  who  are  interested  in  developing  their  literary  talents  group  themselves 
together  in  literary  societies;  likewise  do  those  Bluffton  students  who  are  planning  to 
become  foreign  missionaries  constitute  the   Student  Volunteer  Band. 

Only  a  few  Volunteers  remained  from  last  year's  organization,  consequently  the 
band  was  slow  in  getting  its  work  started;  but  when  once  started  made  this  year  a 
grand  success.  The  organization  was  fortunate  to  get,  in  addition  to  the  new  college 
students,  members  from  the  Seminary  and  College  Faculty.  The  members  then  were: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin  Keiser,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Floyd  Pannabecker,  Bedros  Kurkyashai'ian, 
Gerhardt  Toews,  Erwin  Zehr,  Herbert  Schmidt  and  Raymond  Hilty.  Fi-om  this  group 
Mr.  Pannabecker  was  elected  president,  who  aided  by  his  wife,  successfully  directed 
the  group. 

Meetings  were  held  every  Friday  morning  at  6  o'clock  in  the  Seminary  building. 
The  book  "The  Missionary  Outlook  in  the  Light  of  the  War"  was  studied.  This 
recent  book  showed  how  the  war  made  missionary  opportunities  greater  and  why  they 
must  be  met  soon.  Pi'ayer  and  discussion  also  had  their  large  part  in  these  meetings 
and  only  members  of  the  band  can  kno\y  what  such  meetings  really  mean. 

Five  of  the  Volunteers  attended  the  Student  Volunteer  Conference  at  Mt.  Union 
College  in  March  and  as  a  result,  the  band  had  new  life.  Three  new  members,  Mag- 
dalena  Funkhauser,  Reuben  Liechty  and  Vernon  Sprunger  were  added;  more  deputa- 
tion meetings  were  held  in  the  nearby  churches;  a  poster  campaign  was  begun;  a 
missionary  map  showing  stations  where  Bluffton  Volunteer  Alumni  are  laboring  at 
the  present  was  placed  in  the  College  Building.  These  are  only  some  of  the  things 
being  done,  but  they  are  enough  to  show  that  Bluffton  College  will  continue  "to  shine 
even  in  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth." 


HONOR  ROLL  ORGANIZATION 

Early  this  spring.  Dean  Byers  I'epresenting  the  wishes  of  the  faculty,  called 
together  the  students  who  at  any  time  were  members  of  the  Honor  Roll  to  organize 
an  association.  A  committee  was  selected  to  draw  up  a  constitution  for  that  purpose. 
The  constitution  as  submitted  by  the  committee,  provided  that  the  members  should 
include  those  who  received  grades  not  lower  than  B  for  a  full  year's  work,  since  1918, 
those  who  received  grades  not  lower  than  B  for  three  successive  semesters  before 
1918,  and  those  who  received  departmental  honors  in  any  year.  To  date,  the  organi- 
zation in  unnamed  and  an  emblem  has  not  been  agreed  upon;  but  the  committee 
plans  to  dispose  of  the  matter  in  a  short  time.  The  ascribed  object  of  the  organization 
is  two-fold.  First,  to  promote  scholarship  in  college  and  second,  to  present  that  phase 
of  college  life  more  strongly  to  high  school  students  interested  in  making  Bluffton 
their  Alma  Mater.  The  organization  plans  to  hold  a  banquet  during  Commencement 
week  to  which  all  of  the  old  stuilents  and  graduates  who  are  eligible  to  m,embership 
will  be  invited. 

The  charter  members,  or  those  who  were  in  school  this  year  are:  Faery  Huber,  '22; 
Agnes  Amstutz,  '22;  Winifred  Scheid,  '22;  Alma  lutzi,  '23;  Arthur  Rosenberger,  '21; 
Prof.  Floyd  Pannabecker,  '17;  Abram  Wiebe  '22;  Harold  Alderfer,  '22;  Irwin  Bauer,  '23. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  Pres.,  Prof.  Pannabecker;  Sec.-treas.,  Winifred 
Scheid;  Member  of  Executive  Committee,  Abram  Wiebe, 


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BLUFFTON  COLLEGE  ALUMNI 

The  old  saying  that  "One  is  knowni  by  the  company  he  keeps"  may  well  be  put  in  the 
scholastic  language  and  made  to  read  "A  college  is  known  by  the  alumni  it  turns  out". 
Not  in  a  boastful  way,  yet  in  a  sense  of  justice  to  the  college  let  it  be  said  that  the 
sons  and  daughters  of  this  institution  are  a  credit  to  it  and  to  its  teachings.  It  might 
be  said,  too,  that  they  would  be  a  credit  to  any  other  institution  of  the  same  type. 

The  ministers,  missionaries,  teachers  and  business  people  who  have  not  left 
behind  the  remembrances  of  the  ideal  as  they  saw  it  here,  are,  for  the  most  part,  in 
the  busy  world  trying  to  keep  it  buoyed  up  and  optimistic.  What  better  part  could  any 
one  be  asked  to  play  in  the  affairs  of  his  fellow  men  than  our  brothers  and  sisters  are 
playing  at  the  present  time  ?  True,  none  of  them  have,  as  yet,  startled  the  nation  by 
their  ability  as  i-ulers  or  the  world  by  their  sophistical  utterances;  but  it  should  be 
remembered  that  the  Good  Book  says  we  must  first  become  servants  and  possibly 
that  is  the  period  that  the  Alumni  are  in  at  the  present  time. 

Seiwice  to  one's  school,  church,  state  and  nation,  with  possibly  the  world  thi^own 
in  as  good  measure,  is  the  thing  that  is  needed  at  the  present  time.  May  every 
Bluffton  Alumnus  live  up  to  every  opportunity  possible,  for  only  in  that  way  can 
they  show  their  college  to  its  best  advantage. 

For  the  present  year  the  alumni  have  been  active  in  helping  to  carry  on  the 
endowment  campaign;  in  the  organization  of  the  Illinois-Bluff  ton  Club  and  in  pub- 
lishing "The  Bluffton  Alumnus".  The  Illinois  Alumni  and  those  who  are  in  Illinois 
at  the  present  time  have  aided  President  Mosiman  by  publishing  the  work  of  the 
college  to  such  an  extent  to  the  people  of  that  state  that  they  have  very  sub- 
stantially added  to  the  endowment  fund.  Early  in  the  year,  the  above  Alumni  actively 
set  about  to  arrange  a  purely  alumni  banquet  on  the  day  after  Thanksgiving.  Officers 
were  elected  and  it  was  then  decided  to  have  all  the  alumni  and  old  students  at  the 
banquet  next  year.  The  executive  committee  of  the  association  began  publishing  "The 
Bluffton  Alumnus"  as  a  means  of  bringing  the  news  of  alumni  to  all.  The  paper 
snould  have  a  gi'eat  mission  in  securing  the  active  interest  of  all  former  B.  C.  students 
and  on  the  whole  it  has  been  ably  supported  by  some  of  the  alumni  and  former 
students. 

Remember,  alumni,  that  every  great  and  large  institution  began  as  this  one  and 
went  through  some  of  the  same  trials  and  troubles.  Are  the  alumni  of  B.  C.  to  be 
less  courageous  and  zealous  in  the  interests  of  their  Alma  Mater  than  the  alumni 
were  to  these  institutions  or  will  the  B.  C.  alumni  do  as  others  have  done  ?  Witn 
the  true  Bluffton  spirit  they  answer,  "Yes,  we  will  be  true  to  our  Alma  Mater". 


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THE  ISTA  STAFF 

Editor-in-Chief  C.  Floyd  Byers 

Associate  Editor  Edna  lutzi 

Associate  Editor  Edna  Hanley 

Associate  Editor Frank  Dyck 

Business  Manager Lyie  Strubhar 

Asst.  Business  Manager Harry  Ramseyer 

Circulation  Manager  Austin  Lehmann 

Engraving  Editor Sherinan  F.  Myers 

Alt  Editor Magdalene  Baumgartner 

Organization  Editor Alma  lutzi 

Religious  Editor Vivian  Beeshy 

Athletic  Editor  Sidney  Stettler 

Calendar  Editor Pauline  Schantz 

Snap  Editor  Verna  Krabill 

Humor  Editor  Clorinda  Steiner 


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Seldom  does  an  institution  possess  a  man  that  has  so  firmly  placed  himself  in  the 
hearts  of  the  college  students,  especially  those  interested  in  athletics,  as  has  Coach 
Berky.  With  faithful  sincerity'  and  unprejudiced  devotion,  he  has  built  up  athletic 
combinations  that  represent  the  high  standard  of  clean  sports  which  Bluffton  upholds. 
His  calm  and  deliberate  manners  ha\  e  won  the  heart  of  every  individual  that  comes 
under  his  influence.  His  noble  character  has  been  an  influential  factor  in  winning 
many  events  for  Bluffton.  Rather  would  he  see  his  team  play  a  clean  game  and  lose 
than  play  shady  one  and  win. 

This  Pennsylvanian  came  to  Bluffton  in  1915,  after  obtaining  his  degree  at  Prince- 
ton. He  came  here  as  instructor  of  physical  science,  but  in  1919,  he  also  assumed  the 
duties  of  athletic  coach  and  physical  director.  This  placed  him  before  the  student  body 
in  a  nevi^  field  of  activity. 

Coach  Berky  has  had  much  experience  in  all  phases  of  athletics  and  his  success  as 
coach  is  due  to  his  theoretical  knowledge  of  sports  and  his  methods  of  practical  and 
rigorous  training.  He  has  always  been  a  close  student  of  every  form  of  collegiate  sporr 
and  with  the  large  amount  of  excellent  material  with  which  to  work  has  in  the  last 
two  years  turned  out  the  best  athletic  representations  in  the  annals  of  the  college. 


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ATHLETIC  ASSOCIATION  OFFICERS 

President  John  Geiger  '22 

Vice  President Sam  Flueckiger  '22 

Secretary-Treasurer  Lyle  Strubhar  '23 

Football  Manager  Tesla  Steams  '23 

Basketball  Manager  Harold  Alderfer  '22 

Assistant  Basketball  Manager Lyle  Strubhar  '23 

Baseball  Manager  Hari-y  Ramseyer  '23 

Assistant  Baseball  Manager Herbert  Bowers  '24 

Track  Manager  Leonard  Welty  '23 

Assistant  Track  Manager  Dwight  Salzman  '25 

Tennis  Manager  Robert  Krehbiel  '22 

Assistant  Tennis  Msnager  Sidney  Stettler  '23 

Girls  Basketball  Manager  Nelle  Lugibill  '23 

Hiking  Club  Manager  Clara  Birky  '24 

Member  Executive  Committee  ....  Herbert  Bowers  '24 

Advertising  Manager  Oswin  Zuercher  '23 

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WEST-CENTRAL  OHIO   BASKET  BALL   TOURNAMENT 

Eighteen  high  schools  were  represented  at  the  drawing  for  the  fifth  annual  West- 
Ceritral  Ohio  Basket  Ball  Tournament  on  March  10  at  11  o'clock.  The  players  arrived 
by  train,  trolley  and  auto  to  start  the  largest  tournament  yet  held  here.  Arlington, 
Ada,  Beaverdam,  Bluffton,  Harrod,  Jackson  Center,  North  Baltimore,  Lafayette,  Middle - 
burg.  Mount  Cory,  New  Bremen,  Pandora,  Rawson,  Ridgeway,  Rockford,  Spencer- 
\'ille.  Van  Buren  and  West  Liberty  were  represented.  These  were  some  of  the  fastest 
teams  of  this  district  and  this  forecold  a  good  tourney.  Former  varsity  men  were  in- 
cluded among  the  coaches.  Menno  Lehman  of  West  Liberty  and  Herbert  Gottshall  of 
North  Baltimore,  foi-mer  B.  C.  athletes  brought  their  teams  here. 

The  high  school  fellows  were  supplied  with  ample  housing  facilities,  excellent  meals, 
and  entertainment,  due  to  the  well  worked  out  plans  of  the  committees  in  charge. 

The  games  proper  started  at  1:00  P.  M.  March  10.  Only  two  games  were  played  the 
first  round,  the  fourteen  teams  drawing  byes  were  placed  in  the  .second  round.  The 
Mount  Cory-West  Liberty  fracas,  and  the  Ada-New  Bremen  game,  were  the  only  two 
of  the  first  preliminary  games. 

From  the  start,  the  games  were  close  and  interesting.  All  the  gam_es  were  hard 
fought  with  few  "walkaways".  The  BlnfFton-Lafayette  game  in  the  third  round  was 
the  big  event  of  the  tourney.  Bo:;h  teams  being  sti-ong  contenders  for  the  cup  and 
evenly  matched,  a  five  minute  overtim.e  period  was  needed  before  Lafayette  could  claim 
the  victory  by  a  13-12  score.  Ada  proved  to  be  the  surprise  of  the  tournament.  Ada 
was  not  expected  to  be  in  the  running  when  she  barely  escaped  defeat  at  the  hands 
of  New  Bi'emen  in  the  first  round.  This  game,  however,  proved  to  be  her  hardest  as  the 
machine  ran  smoothly  after  that  combat. 

The  tim.e  for  the  finals  saw  Lafayette  and  Ada  primed  to  fight  for  the  honors. 
Ada,  having  twice  tasted  victory,  was  determined  to  secure  the  trophy  cup.  Lafayette, 
remembering  they  once  held  the  honors,  was  willing  to  fight  for  it.  Ada  won  27-14.  The 
winners  desei-\'ed  the  victory  due  to  their  good  defensive  and  to  the  inspired  leadership 
of  Capt.  Dixon  who  starred  during  ihe  whole  tourney. 

The  gymnasium  was  packed  at  nearly  all  the  sessions  of  the  tournament.  During  the 
final  evening  the  bleachers  groaned  under  the  weight  of  the  estimated  crowd  of  1500  peo- 
ple who  crowded  into  every  possible  corner  to  see  the  games.  These  splendid  attend- 
ances assured  the  management  of  financial  success. 

Tlie  teams  were  well  balanced  machines  dependent  upon  teamwork  rather  than  in- 
dividual playing.    This  made  the  task  of  choosing  the  all  star  teams  a  difficult  one. 

FIRST  PRELIMINARIES 

West  Liberty  21  Mt.  Cory  16 

Ada  11  New  Bremen  9 

SECOND  PRELIMINARIES 

Ada  21  West  Liberty  8 

Middleburg  32  Harrod  8 

Spencerville    17  North  Baltimore  11 

Pandora  28  Ridgeway  12 

Jackson  Center  15  Beaverdam  11 

Rockford  15  Arlington  11 

Bluffton  35  Rawson  8 

Lafayette  21  Van  Buren  9 


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Ada  20  Middleburg  8 

Spencerville  20  Pandora  7 

Rockford  20  Jackson  Center  17 

Lafayette  13  Bluffton  12 

SEMI  FINALS 
Ada  15  Spencerville  6 

The  first  game  of  the  semi-finals  was  featui-etl  by  close  guarding.  Ada  held  the 
advantage  by  permitting  Spencei-ville  to  score  only  two  points  the  first  half.  Dixon's 
shooting  and  playing  furnished  most  of  the  thrills  of  the  game.  The  score  at  the  end 
of  the  first  half  was  10-2.  In  the  second  half  Spencerville  started  out  strong  scoring- 
two  goals  in  quick  succession.  After  that  they  were  unable  to  break  through  Ada's 
five-man  defense.  Ada  also  could  not  score  very  easily  as  they  had  to  be  satisfied 
with  only  five  extra  points  the  last  half  but  v\'on  15-6. 

Lafayette  21  Rockford  13 

Two  brilliant  teams  clashed  in  the  last  game  of  the  semi-finals  when  Rockford  met 
Lafayette.  Lafayette's  brilliant  passing  and  teamwork  netted  them  a  string  of  field 
goals  before  Rockford  got  sta)'ted.  When  Lafayette  had  eleven  points  Rockford  crawled 
up  on  them  within  three  points.  At  the  end  of  the  first  half  Lafayette  held  the  score 
being  11-8.  In  the  second  half  Rockford  tied  the  score  at  11.  Then  Lafayette  spurted 
with  Urich  starring  on  offense  ami  Hall  on  defense  and  toppled  Rockford  by  eight 
points  at  the  end  of  the  combat. 

CONSOLATION  GAMES 
Mt.  Cory  18  Ridge  way  9 

Rawson   19  West  Liberty  18 

All  Stars  28  Arlington  22 

FINALS 
Ada  27  Lafayette  14 

Ada  scored  the  first  points  in  the  contest  with  several  baskets  early  in  the  session. 
Lafayette  hammei-ed  at  Ada's  defense  and  squirmed  through  for  a  number  of  counters. 
Both  teams  displayed  a  high  class  of  basket-ball  with  both  playing  a  heady  game. 
Hall  starred  for  Lafayette  and  Dixon  for  Ada.  The  half  ended  with  Ada  leading  9-6. 
In  the  second  half  Dixon  and  his  men  garnered  many  extra  points.  Lafayette  surpassed 
in  pass  work  but  could  not  score  consistently.  The  game  ended  27-14  with  Ada  gaining 
permanent  possession  of  the  trophy  cup. 

PRESENTATION  OF  CUPS 

Immediately  after  the  college  game,  President  Mosiman  paid  a  glowing  tribute  to 
the  standard  of  basket-ball  played  tluring  the  entire  tournament  and  especially  to  Ada 
for  its  glorious  victory.  Besides  the  trophy  cup,  Ada  i-eceived  the  smaller  first  place 
cup;  and  Lafayette,  the  second  place  cup.  The  choices  for  the  all  star  teams  were  named 
and  given  silver  and  bronze  fobs,  the  silver  to  the  first  squad  and  bronze  to  the  second. 

ALL  STAR  TEAMS 

First  Team:  Position:                                  Second  Team: 

Dixon,  Ada  right  forward  Frysinger,   Rockford    (Capt.) 

Urich,  Lafayette  left  forward  Hullibarger,  Lafayette 

Kibele,  Bluffton  center  Plikerd,  Spencerville 

Hall,  Lafayette  (Capt.)  •  right  guard  Breckheisen,  Ada 

Lehman,  Pandora  left  guard  Martz,  Rockford 


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At  a  mass  meeting  of  the  student  body  held  shortly  before  Armistice  Day,  tryouts 
were  held  for  cheer  leaders.  As  a  result  of  these  tryouts  Floyd  Byers  was  re-elected 
cheer  master  and  Byron  Spangier  and  Harold  Michaud  were  elected  cheer  leaders. 
Harlod  Reusser  replaced  Leslie  Spvunger  as  understudy.  To  these  four  is  due  no  small 
share  of  the  college's  athletic  victories.  Floyd  was  a  master  at  getting  the  students 
to  use  their  best  voices  that  BlufTton  might  win.  His  pep  and  dash  brought  out  the 
same  qualities  in  those  on  the  sidelines.  "Petie"  was  only  a  shade  behind  the  master  in 
this  field  of  activity  as  was  also  "Howdy."  Their  sense  of  humor  caused  the  onlookers  to 
laugh  and  at  the  same  time  was  an  incentive  to  them  to  cheer  heartily.  Reusser,  after 
a  season's  experience  as  understudy,  should  qualify  as  a  good  leader  next  year.  By  a 
plan  adopted  this  year  the  organization  of  the  cheering  was  the  best  yet,  and  no  doubt 
it  will  be  continued  hereafter. 

Yea,  Bluff  ton!  Let's  Go! 

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Floyd  Byers 

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FOOTBALL 

Bluffton  College  celebrated  the  lifting  of  the  ban  on  football  by  trimming  Toledo  U. 
14-0  in  the  one  combat  permitted  for  the  year.  The  game  was  played,  Armistice  Day, 
on  a  very  soggy  field  in  the  midst  of  snow  flurries.  In  spite  of  difficulties  the  backfield 
displayed  a  smashing  offense  and  the  line  starred  with  a  stonewall  defense. 

Bowers  intercepted  a  forward  pass  early  in  the  struggle  and  scored  a  touch  down. 
Later  in  the  same  quarter,  Welty  recovered  a  fumble  behind  the  opponents  goal  for  a 
second  touchdown.  Niswander  kicked  both  goals  and  later  made  a  pretty  attempt  at  a 
drop  kick.  The  combat  then  resolved  itself  into  a  punting  duel  with  Capt.  Stearns 
holding  the  advantage. 

Ramseyer,  at  tackle,  was  the  outstanding  star  of  the  game  but  the  whole  team  and 
Coach  Berky  are  to  be  congratulated  for  the  splendid  record. 


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Toledo 

Welty                                 1.  e. 

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Ramseyer                            1.  t. 

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Hilty                                    r.  t. 

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THE  YEAR'S  REMINDERS 


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Niswander  Welty  Moser  Litwiller  Niswamler  Berky 

Alderfer  Strubhar  Stearns  Rolh  Hoslettler 


THE  VARSITY 
Season's  Record 


Dec. 

14 

Dec. 

21 

Jan. 

6 

Jan. 

13 

Jan. 

25 

Jan. 

27 

Feb. 

3 

Feb. 

10 

Feb. 

17 

Feb. 

24 

Feb. 

25 

Feb. 

28 

Mai- 

4 

Mar 

8 

Mar 

11 

Opponent 

McCormick  Seminary 
Ohio  Northern 
Findlay  College 
Toledo  University 
Manchester  College 
Ohio  Northern  University 
Defiance  College 
Bowling  Green   Normal 
Toledo  University 
Findlay  College 
Otterbein  College 
Bov/ling  Green  Normal 
Manchester  College 
Defiance  College 
Dayton  University 


lere  Played 

Bluff  ton 

Here 

10 

Here 

13 

Here 

23 

There 

18 

Here 

17 

There 

15 

Here 

17 

There 

18 

Here 

25 

There 

33 

There 

20 

Here 

22 

There 

28 

There 

16 

Here 

17 

Visitors 
25 
15 
12 
19 
36 
32 
12 
15 
23 
17 
31 
17 
32 
26 
16 


Total 


287 


328 


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THE  SEASON 

About  forty  men  answei-ed  the  call  of  basket  ball  and  reported  for  practise.  The 
season  opened  with  only  four  first  string  men  in  school:  Roth,  Alderfer,  Captain 
Stearns,  and  Strubhar.  They  were  the  nucleiis  for  the  new  squad.  This  uncertainty  as 
to  the  composition  of  the  line  up  brought  out  all  kinds  of  dark  horse  material.  After 
much  sifting  and  weeding  out,  the  squad  was  finally  reduced  to  ten  men.  These  men 
were  entered  upon  a  season  of  close,  hard  fought  games.  It  certainly  proved  to  be  a 
season  of  thrills.    Six  games  were  decided  by  the  narrow  m.argin  of  five  points  or  less. 

The  season's  record  shows  seven  victories  out  of  fifteen  collegiate  gam.es.  Six  of  these 
victories  were  in  the  N.  W.  Ohio  Conference.  Findlay  and  Bowling  Green  twice  suffered 
defeat  while  Toledo  and  Defiance  lost  one  each  to  the  varsity.  The  conference  games, 
this  year,  were  hotly  contested  afl'airs.  The  rivals  showed  surprising  strength  and 
forced  Bluffton  into  second  place  in  the  conference  standing.  Defiance  copped  first  place 
due  to  BlufFton's  losing  two  conference  games.  The  varsity  this  year  measured  up 
favorably  to  the  high  standard  set  by  varsity  teams  of  former  years.  The  victory  over 
Dayton  University,  conquerors  .of  Muskingum,  Capital  University  and  Baldwin-Wallace 
demonstrates  this.  Other  outstanding  victories  were  those  over  Toledo  University, 
Defiance  and  Bowling  Green. 

The  feature  of  the  year  was  the  last  minute  spurts  which  the  squad  made  and  which 
often  brought  them  victory.  This  was  especially  true  in  the  Defiance  and  the  Toledo 
University  games.  Defiance,  backed  by  two  cai-loads  of  rooters,  invaded  the  home 
stronghold  determined  to  win.  They  put  up  a  good  fight  and  only  by  a  last  minute  rally 
of  Coach  Berky's  squad  were  they  defeated.  The  most  thrilling  of  all  the  games  was  the 
Toledo  University  affair.  With  the  score  10-4  against  them  at  the  half  the  varsity 
overcame  an  eight  point  lead  in  the  last  seven  minutes,  tieing  the  score,  21-21.  In  a  five 
minute  overtime  session  Bluffton  triumphed  2.5-23. 

In  only  a  few  instances  was  the  opponent  able  to  score  more  than  thirty  points. 
Bluffton  was  always  not  far  behind,  determined  to  fight  to  the  end.  One  reason  for  the 
never  give  up  spirit  which  the  squad  possessed  is  found  in  the  support  which  they  re- 
ceived. The  fellows  were  always  encouraged  and  urged  on  by  a  mob  of  cheering  stu- 
dents. The  cheer  leaders,  under  the  direction  of  Cheer  Master  Byers,  acquitted  them- 
selves nobly. 

Two  men,  Alderfer  and  Strubhar,  will  be  lost  to  the  squad  by  graduation.  They 
played  their  last  varsity  basket  ball  in  the  Dayton  University  game.  The  outlook  for 
next  year  is  very  promising.  A  good  nucleus  will  be  on  hand  for  another  fast  squad. 
Coach  Berky  said  that  he  is  pleased  with  the  showing  of  this  year's  squad  and  has  bright 
hopes  for  a  strong  team  next  year. 


GUARD  TESLA  STEARNS  BLUFFTON,  O. 

Played   in   30   Halves.     Scored   18   points. 

With  Stearns  on  deck  as  Captain,  a  good  season  was  assured. 
Tubby  came  back  to  the  guarding  game  with  a  nish.  With  the 
ball  anywhere  iiear  his  territory  Tubby  was  on  the  alert.  It 
was  rank  folly  for  any  one  to  pass  him  as  Stearns  is  one  of  the 
fastest  guards  in  this  section  of  the  state.  A  born  fighter,  he 
added  much  to  the  spirited  playing  of  the  game.  Nearly  every 
game  was  featured  by  Tubby's  playing.  This  was  his  third  year 
on  the  squad.  By  his  leadership  and  playing  he  inspired  his 
mates  to  do  their  utmost  and  thus  added  games  to  the  winning 
column. 


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FORWARD     HAROLD  ALDERFER     BLJFFTON,  O. 

Played  in   30  Halves.     Scored  103  points. 

"Aldy"  was  another  veteran  on  the  squad  this  year.  Al- 
ways a  determined  player,  he  never  gave  up  whPvtever  the  score. 
As  this  was  his  last  year  on  the  varsity  "Aldy"  gave  his  all  for 
the  team.  By  his  persistent  work  the  squad  war,' able  at  all  times 
to  roll  up  a  satisfactory  score.  "Aldy"  was  lixble  to  do  his  best 
in  the  crucial  moments  when  things  began  ;to  look  blue.  His 
never  say  die  spirit  was  well  illustrated  in  the  Toledo  University 
game  when  he  scored  seven  baskets  in  the  final  half.  "Aldy" 
will  be  missed  when  the  roll  is  called  next  year. 


FORWARD  WALDO  ROTH  GIBSON  CITY,  ILL. 

Played  in  22  Halves.     Scored  94  points. 

Illinois  had  a  mighty  part  in  the  varsity  this  year.  Gibson 
City  may  rightly  be  proud  of  her  native  son.  Roth  distinguished 
as  one  of  the  high  scorers  of  the  year.  His  grit  under  fire,  and 
his  basket  shooting  ability,  contributed  considerable  to  the  re- 
cord the  team  made.  Waldo  could  toss  the  ball  through  the  loop 
from  nearly  any  position  on  the  floor.  He  was  on  the  job  every 
minute  and  took  advantage  of  every  opportunity  he  saw.  Waldo 
stil!  has  two  years  of  service  before  him  and  without  doubt  will 
be  one  of  the  main  cogs  of  next  years  machine. 


CENTER      LYLE  STRUBHAR     WASHINGTON,  ILL. 

Played  in   30   Halves.     Scored   20   points. 

Strubhar  lived  up  to  expectations.  After  a  season  as  under- 
study at  center  "Jake"  came  into  his  own.  Prophecy  made  of 
him  a  mainstay  of  the  squad  and  a  main  spring  he  was.  The 
opponent  may  have  had  it  on  "Jake"  in  height  but  "Jake"  evened 
the  score.  His  jumping  ability  stood  him  in  good  stead  and  en- 
abled him  to  overcome  any  handicap  in  height  which  his  oppo- 
nent might  possess.  His  fight  and  floor  work  was  a  conspicuous 
part  of  every  combat.  As  to  rolling  up  the  score  "Jake"  was  no 
slouch,  making  points  when  the  opponent  least  expected  it. 


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GUARD  LEONARD  WELTY  REEDLEY,  CAL. 

Played  in   14  Halves.      Scored   12  iioints. 

"Penny"  earned  his  promotion  to  the  varsity  this  year.  His 
guarding  has  been  one  of  the  features  of  the  season.  This  son 
of  sunny  California  did  his  best  to  add  to  the  glory  of  the  golden 
west.  With  the  forwards  covered  in  the  game  "Penny"  would 
race  toward  the  basket  as  if  he  were  bound  for  Reedley.  A 
moment  later  the  referee's  whistle  announced  the  goal.  "Penny" 
always  worried  his  opponent  by  persistently  popping  up  where 
the  ball  was  and  capturing  it.  With  Stearns  and  Welty  as 
guards  a  smooth  working  defense  was  assured.  "Penny"  still 
has  a  year  of  basket  ball  before  him. 


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GUARD  ALFORD  MOSER 

Played   in   12   Halves.      Scored 


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The  third  of  the  Moser  family  of  athletes  was  added  to  the 
varsity  this  year.  With  characteristic  blood  in  his  veins  "Alf" 
followed  in  the  foot  prints  of  his  brothers  and  became  sentinel 
of  the  goal.  "Alf"  can  be  depended  upon  to  deliver  the  goods. 
This  caused  his  promotion  to  the  varsity.  "Alf"  has  a  way  of 
wearing  out  his  opponent  both  physically  and  in  morale.  As 
his  foe  weakens  "Alf"  seems  to  grow  stronger  and  put  forth  his 
best  efforts.  In  this  way  his  presence  is  quickly  noticed  upon  the 
floor.    He  still  has  tv/o  years  of  college  athletics  before  him. 


GUARD  REUEL  NISWANDER  BLUFFTON,  0. 

Played   in   7   Halves.        Scored   2   points. 

Reuel  was  another  r.iidition  to  the  squad  this  year.  His 
floor  work  and  ability  of  passing  the  ball  are  his  strong  points. 
His  experience  of  other  years  and  his  work  this  year  warranted 
his  promotion  to  the  varsity.  Working  with  Captain  Stearns  he 
fonned  an  important  part  of  an  efficiently  v/orking  machine. 
His  dogged  pursuit  of  his  opponent  was  relentless  and  the  enemy 
often  fell  by  the  wayside  and  was  left  behind  in  the  dust.  Reuel 
has  another  year  in  which  to  perform  with  the  varsity  and 
doubtless  will  be  a  valuable  man. 


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FORWARD      ARTIE  HOSTETTLER     BLUFFTON,  O. 

Played   in   8   Halves.      Scored    22   Points. 

Artie  was  one  of  the  few  Freshmen  who  managed  to  break 
in  on  the  big  show  this  year.  His  previous  high  school  experi- 
ence qualified  him  for  a  basket  shooter.  His  longitude  and  un- 
canny way  of  hurling  the  ball  made  him  a  valuable  asset  to  the 
team.  When  things  began  to  look  gloomy,  a  spectacular  shot 
by  this  infant  forward  would  do  much  to  raise  the  spirits.  Art 
still  has  three  years  of  opportunity  before  him  and,  if  he  grasps 
his  chance,  will  doubtless  be  a  vei'y  important  man  on  the  squad. 


FORWARD  ORVILLE  LITWILLER  HOPEDALE,  ILL. 

Played  in   6   Halves.     Scored   4   points. 

Another  Frosh  from  the  Illinois  group  of  athletes  was  added 
in  the  person  of  Litwiller  this  year.  When  one  of  the  regular 
forwards  seemed  to  be  flagging  in  spirit,  this  fast  basket  tosser 
was  sent  in.  His  spirited  playing  raised  the  morale  of  the  squad 
and  helped  them  to  earn  another  victory.  He  developed  the 
quality  of  ending  the  game  right.  In  the  last  minutes  of  the 
combat  lie  would  recover  the  ball  from  dangerous  ground  and 
toss  it  through  the  place  prepared  for  it.  His  speed  and  unerr- 
ing eye  made  him  a  thorn  in  the  side  of  his  opponent.  Days  of 
opportunity  await  him  in  the  near  future. 


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FORWARD      HARRY  NISWANDER      PANDORA,  0. 

Played   in    2   Halves.      Scored   4   iioints. 

Niswander's  athletic  life  is  one  of  constant  promotion.  His 
stellar  work  in  his  high  school  days  promoted  him  to  an  all  star 
Tournament  team.  From  there  he  has  climbed  to  the  Varsity. 
Harry  is  a  fast  man  and  puzzles  his  opponent  by  his  speed.  The 
agility  of  this  Frosh  forward  is  matched  by  his  ability  to  shoot 
baskets.  Harry  was  often  sent  into  the  game  to  show  up  the  op- 
ponent and  he  often  succeeded  in  doing  so.  Although  he  did  not 
play  in  enough  games  to  get  a  letter,  he  was  a  valuable  man  and 
will  mean  much  in  the  near  future. 


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Sutter         Troyer 
Bowers 


Burckj' 
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A.  Bauniprartner 
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O.   Baumgartner         Berky 
Hilty  Ramseyer 


COLLEGE  RESERVES 

It  is  a  well  known  fact  that  often  the  real  heroes  are  those  about  whom  nothing 
is  said.  They  may  be  doing  a  great  work  but  still  they  remain  in  the  back  ground.  The 
Reserves  are  this  kind  of  persons.  They  have  been  working  hard  all  year,  giving  their 
all  that  the  school  might  benefit.  The  second  squad  came  out  faithfully  and  practised; 
even  if  they  knew  they  could  not  all  make  the  varsity.  Although  they  had  few  chances 
to  show  their  skill  in  public,  they  performed  their  part  willingly. 

To  them  is  due  much  of  the  credit  for  the  showing  the  team  made  this  year.  It  was 
against  them  that  the  Varsity  tried  out  their  wares  at  first  hand.  Coach  Berky's  forma- 
tions and  plays  were  given  a  chance  to  work  out  against  a  worthy  opponent.  These 
gruelling  combats  with  the  second  squad  did  much  to  prepare  the  varsity  for  their 
strenuous  schedule. 

This  second  squad  is  well  fortified  with  guards.  They  have  both  the  big  husky 
variety  and  the  fast,  flashy  kind.  At  center  they  have  a  veteran  player  in  Burcky.  For 
forwards  they  also  have  some  good  men.  "Petie"  Spangler  constantly  kept  his  guard 
worried  by  his  speedy  flooi-work  and  shooting.  In  Sutter  they  secured  a  good  running 
mate  for  "Petie". 

All  in  all  this  was  a  good  squad  as  the  varsity  men  will  testify.  Some  of  these  re- 
serves will  doubtless  be  promoted  to  the  first  squad  next  year. 


Homer  Sutter  F. 

Maurice  Troyer  G. 

Leo  Burcky  C. 

Allan  Baumgartner  F. 

Herbert  Bowers G. 


LINEUP 


Jesse  Diller  G. 

Olan  Baumgartner  ...„ G. 

Byron  Spangler F. 

Fred  Hilty  G. 

Harry  Ramseyer G. 


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Birky 
Seheid 


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Beiky 
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GIRLS'  BASKET  BALL 
Season's  Record 

Opponent  Where  Played  Bluffton  Visitors 

Jan.  25  Manchester  College  Here                   26                 10 

Feb.  17  Toledo  University  .        Here                   12                   6 

March  4  Manchester  College  There                  19                 15 

March  18  Wittenberg  College  Here                     1                 18 

Total  Bluffton  58 
Opponents  49 


Varsity 

M.  Baumgartner  L.  F. 

C.  Sutter  R.  F. 

N.  Lugibill  C. 

W.  Seheid  C.  G. 

K.  Davidson  L.  G. 

L.  Birky  R.  G. 


Reserves 

E.  Bixel F. 

L  Kennel  G. 

M.  Russell  G. 

A.  lutzi  F. 

P.  Schantz  C. 

N.  Shuler  G. 


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GIRLS'  BASKET  BALL 

Girls'  Basket  ball  found  itself  in  a  unique  position  this  year.  In  Coach  Berky  they 
had  a  trainer  who  took  charge  of  the  girls'  squad  in  the  same  decisive  manner  as  he  did 
of  the  men's  varsity.  His  inside  knovrledge  of  the  game  enabled  him  to  develop  a  team 
playing  a  running  game.  He  took  untiring  pains,  and  from  the  excellent  material  on 
hand  developed  a  strong  team.  The  teamwork  of  this  little  troop  of  co-eds  was  great. 
The  quick,  shoit  passes  downi  the  floor  followed  by  a  goal  made  by  the  shellar  forwards 
was  a  pretty  sight  to  bohold.  The  college  certainly  had  sufficient  reasons  to  be  proud 
of  this  team. 

Oiily  three  games  were  played  ihis  year,  as  the  fourth  cannot  really  be  classified  as 
a  game.  Two  of  these  games  were  with  Manchester  College  and  the  other  with  Toledo 
University,  The  team  made  a  splendid  record;  winning  all  scheduled  contests.  Man- 
chester was  played  here  Jan.  25  and,  due  to  the  excellent  floor  work  and  shooting  of  the 
Bluffton  lassies,  were  sent  home  to  the  tune  of  26-10.  The  next  game  was  with  Toledo 
University  here.  The  Toledo  girls  were  determined  to  avenge  their  two  defeats  last 
year,  and  put  up  a  hard  fight.  But  the  Bluffton  team  by  a  hard  struggle  kept  their  slate 
clean,  winning  12-6.  On  March  4,  the  lassies  played  Manchester  College  again,  this 
time  on  a  foreign  floor.  Playing  their  usual  fast  game,  they  put  another  contest  on  ice, 
19-15.  On  March  18,  the  girls  were  surprised  by  an  unexpected  appearance  here  of  the 
Wittenberg  girls  to  play  a  game.  The  team  had  not  practised  since  the  Manchester 
game  but  agreed  to  play.    The  girls  were  off  color  and  so  dropped  the  combat  18-1. 

To  fonn  a  smoothly  working  squad  it  is  necessary  tha^t  every  member  does  her  part 
well  and  this  was  ti-ue  of  the  girls'  varsity  in  all  the  regular  games.  Nelle  consistently 
outjumped  her  opponent  and  kept  the  ball  moving  toward  the  Bluffton  goal.  With  the 
ball  in  play  "Peggy"  would  slip  in  and  prevent  the  ball  from  getting  into  dangerous 
hands.  The  forwards:  "Mugzy",  Carrie,  and  Ellen  had  their  advei'saries  in  their  power. 
When  the  opponent  thought  she  held  the  upper  hand  these  basket  tossers  would  slip 
from  cover  and  score.  As  the  forwards  held  superiority  in  their  territory  so  the  guards 
dominated  the  opposite  end.  The  sentinels  Birky  and  Davidson  put  up  a  stonewall  de- 
fense, rarely  permitting  a  rival  to  make  a  counter. 

"Peggy"  made  a  good  captain,  leading  her  teammates  into  the  game  with  the  de- 
termination to  win. 

Although  this  first  squad  gets  much  of  the  credit,  much  is  also  due  to  the  reserves. 
The  high  quality  of  players  on  the  second  team  gave  the  best  possible  practise  to  the 
regulars.  The  outlook  for  next  year  is  very  promising  as  "Peggy"  is  the  only  one  to 
graduate.  With  these  excellent  prospects  it  needs  only  a  full  schedule  to  guarantee 
another  successful  season. 


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Salzman         Bowers        Alderfer         Ramseyer         Stearns         Clymer         Studer         Bureky         Roth 


BASEBALL  SCHEDULE 


April  28  Bowling  Gieen— 10 

at  Bluffton—  1 

May      5  Bluffton             —22 

at  Findlay— 15 

May    12  Toledo               —  5 

at  Bluffton—  4 

May     16  Defiance           —  7 

at  Bluffton—  2 

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Following  games  still  to  be  played  when  Ista  went  to  press: 
May  24  Bowling  Green  at  Bowling  Green 
May  27  Findlay  at  Bluffton 
May  29  Ohio  Northern  at  Bluffton 
June  3  Toledo  at  Toledo 


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BASEBALL  SEASON 

Bluffton  entered  the  season  this  year  with  few  veterans  but  a  wealth  of  new 
material  was  on  hand  to  fill  the  gaps.  Alderfer,  Ramseyer,  Niswander,  Baumgartner, 
Bowers  and  Studer  were  the  nucleus  for  this  year. 

The  team,  opened  the  season  by  meeting  the  strong  Bowling  Green  team  on  the 
Bluffton  diamond.  The  opposing  pitcher  baffled  the  local  swatsmen  and  Bluffton  took 
the  short  end  of  a  10-1  score.  The  next  game  was  at  Biadlay  where  a  hectic  combat  took 
won  22-15.  Then  Toledo  came  here  and  in  a  close,  interesting  game  managed  to  nose 
out  the  locals  5-4.  This  was  the  best  played  game  so  far  but  this  was  also  ragged  in 
spots. 

Bowling  Green  vs.  Bluffton 

Bluffton  opened  the  season  with  Bowling  Green  here  April  28.  The  air  tight  pitch- 
ing of  Witmer  and  the  heavy  clouting  of  the  Bowling  Green  team  proved  too  nauch  for 
the  varsity.  The  final  score  was  10-1.  Witmer  proved  to  be  unsolvable,  striking  out 
seventeen  men  and  allowing  only  two  hits  while  Bowers  and  Stude}'  permitted  twelve 
hits.  Twelve  upstaters  fanned.  The  lineup  for  Bluft'ton  was  new  and  showed  inexperi- 
ence. Bluffton's  lone  tally  came  in  the  ninth  on  a  walk  to  Amstutz,  a  double  by  "Aldy", 
and  a  wild  throw  to  third. 

Findlay  vs.  Bluffton 

The  varsity  won  from  Findlay  in  what  proved  to  be  a  swat  fest,  22-15,  on  May  5. 
The  outfield  was  sprinkled  with  a  barrage  of  hits  as  the  stickwielders  solved  the  pitchers 
delivery.  Bluffton  started  with  a  rush  getting  ten  scores  in  the  first  inning.  Findlay 
retaliated  by  scoring  six.  Both  teams  displayed  varied  types  of  ball  keeping  the  game 
in  doubt  until  the  last  man  was  out.  Throughout  the  whole  struggle  Bluffton  kept  its 
poise  and  but  for  a  few  timely  hits  off  Studer  in  the  first  and  fouith  innings,  would 
have  kept  Findlay  to  a  low  score.  Hilty  at  short  played  a  brilliant  game,  clouting  four 
hits  in  six  trials,  scoring  five  runs  and  stealing  six  bases. 

Toledo  vs.  Bluffton 

One  of  the  closest  games  of  the  season  was  played  here  May  12  with  Toledo  U. 
The  team  showed  good  comback  power  anrl  the  outcome  of  the  game  was  always  in 
doubt.  Toledo  managed  to  get  an  early  start  anci  piled  up  a  four  point  score.  Errors 
played  a  large  part  in  these  scores.  Bluffton  made  requital  by  scoring  two.  Toledo 
managed  to  slip  another  across.  Then  in  the  latter  part  of  the  struggle  "Aldy"  hit  a 
freakish  home  run  and  soon  after  another  runner  counted,  making  the  score  five  to  four. 
Bowers  showed  that  he  had  steady  nerve  and  control  when  he  struck  out  two  men  with 
the  bases  full.  The  last  few  innings  were  featured  by  air  tight  playing  leaving  the 
score  5-4. 

Defiance  vs.  Bluffton 

On  May  16  the  team  met  the  strong  aggregation  from  Defiance  at  Bluffton.  From 
the  start  the  game  promised  thrills.  Four  innings  passed  and  still  the  score  was  0-0. 
Then  in  the  fifth,  Defiance  wielded  heavy  clubs  and  scored  four  runs.  In  the  sixth 
Bluffton  scored  one  by  the  good  playing  of  Hilty.  Defiance  scored  one  more  in  the 
seventh  and  two  in  the  eighth.  A  final  rally  in  the  ninth  resulted  in  Bluffton  adding 
another  to  their  score.  Final  score  7-2.  Rock  of  Defiance  made  nine  strikeouts  as  did 
also  Bowers.  Bowers  showed  good  stuff  when  he  pitched  out  of  holes  in  the  first  and 
sixth  innings  with  the  bases  full,  no  man  scoring. 


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Bowers 


Alderfer 


Studer        Burcky 


THE  BATTERIES 

The  team  was  supplied  with  veteran  hurlers  this  year.  Walter  Studer  of  Apple 
Creek,  Ohio,  and  Herbert  Bowers  of  Beaverdain,  Oiiio,  returned  to  the  slab  with  lots  of 
stuff.  To  assist  them  was  Leo  Burcky  of  Tiskilwa,  111.,  a  newcomei*.  Harold  Alderfer 
of  Bluffton,  Ohio,  a  veteran  of  three  years  college  baseball,  was  on  the  receiving  end. 

Studer  returned  last  fall  after  a  year's  absence  ready  to  take  up  the  pitching  end. 
His  previous  experience  enabled  him  to  take  upon  himself  a  large  share  of  the  pitching 
burden.  He  has  the  speed  and  control  which  makes  the  opposing  batter  feel  foolish  as 
the  ball  pui-posely  evades  the  bat.  When  not  pitching,  Studer  was  transferred  to  the 
infield  where  he  also  performed  nobly.  With  several  years  of  baseball  before  him,  Stu- 
der should  develop  into  a  star  hurler. 

Bowers  was  another  veteran  who  returned.  He  has  plenty  of  steam,  good  control 
and  variety  which  makes  the  batter  v.'ave  at  the  outfielders.  He  is  steady  in  the  pinch 
and  can  be  relied  upon  to  deliver  the  goods.  As  a  member  of  the  wrecking  crew  Bowers 
holds  a  high  place.  Like  his  namesake  the  other  "Babe"  he  clouts  them  to  the  woods. 
Due  to  his  hitting  ability  and  knowledge  of  the  game  Bowers  was  used  in  the  outfield  or 
at  third  when  not  on  the  mound. 

Burcky  is  a  name  to  be  feared  in  the  realm  of  baseball.  Young  "Ziggy"  seems  to 
have  inherited  some  of  his  brother's  stufi".  He  is  the  third  member  of  the  hurling  staff 
and  with  more  experience  will  be  a  valued  man  on  the  squad. 

"Aldy"  was  transferred  this  year  from  the  hot  corner  to  behind  the  mask.  He  holds 
aown  the  receiving  end  with  the  same  determined  air  that  he  did  the  third  sack.  He  has 
a  pretty  peg  to  second  which  nips  them  every  time.  With  the  bat  he  is  a  mighty  club- 
ber and  often  connects  with  a  pill  for  long  drives.  "Aldy"  was  elected  Captain  this  year 
and  throughout  the  season  proved  to  be  a  game  leader.  His  experience  added  greatly  to 
the  success  of  the  year  and  his  graduation  will  leave  a  large  gap  to  be  filled  next  year. 


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3E 


^^E^ 


Ramseyer  Clymer 


Stearns  Luffinbuhl 


Sutter 


THE  INFIELD 

The  opening  of  the  season  saw  the  infield  supplied  with  a  bunch  of  new  athletes. 
Only  on  the  second  and  third  sacks  were  veterans  holding  down  the  honors.  Tesla 
Steams  of  Bluffton,  Ohio,  cavorted  around  first;  Harry  Ramseyer  of  Pulaski,  Iowa,  held 
down  second;  Roy  Hilty  of  Pandora,  Ohio,  covered  short  and  Reuel  Niswander  of  Bluff- 
ton,  Ohio,  played  third.  Other  prominent  player.«  were:  Don  Clymen,  Mt.  Cory,  Ohio, 
first  baseman;  Homer  Sutter,  Pandora,  Ohio,  short  stop;  and  Herbert  Luginbuhl  of 
Bluffton,  Ohio,  short  stop. 

Steams  and  Clymer  did  a  good  job  of  watching  the  initial  sack.  Both  men  are  of 
the  tall,  lanky  kind  which  one  usually  associates  with  first  base.  "Tubby"  earned  his 
promotion  from  the  second  squad  where  he  played  brilliant  ball  last  year.  His  excellent 
playing  and  batting  make  him  a  valuable  man  on  the  team  and  a  dangerous  foe  to  the 
opponent.  In  Clymer  we  have  a  new  comer  who  holds  down  first  with  good  grace.  He 
appears  to  be  a  promising  man  at  the  game. 

At  second  is  the  old  timer  of  the  team.  Harry  is  always  on  deck  with  his  chatter- 
ing encouragement  to  the  pitchers  and  to  his  team  mates.  When  a  hot  one  comes  his 
way  "Ramsey"  scoops  them  up  and  with  a  quick  underhand  peg  speeds  them  to  first.  He 
is  there  when  it  comes  to  pulling  off  double  plays. 

At  short  are  several  promising  youngsters.  Hilty  is  a  snappy  little  ball  player  who 
plays  the  game  to  win.  He  distinguished  himself  by  his  excellent  playing.  Sutter  plays 
a  fast,  snappy  game  and  rarely,  if  ever,  does  a  ball  pass  him.  He  is  great  at  knocking 
down  a  sure  hit  and  turning  it  into  an  assist.  Herb.  Luginbuhl  was  another  able  man 
at  the  position  and  could  take  the  other's  place  at  any  stage  of  the  game. 

At  third  is  Niswander,  another  veteran.  He  is  a  feared  member  of  the  wrecking 
crew  and  a  fast  man  on  the  paths.  When  it  comes  to  pilfering  sacks,  Reuel  is  at  home. 
When  a  timely  bingle  is  needed  he  can  be  trusted  to  come  across.  Bowers  relieved  Reuel 
when  not  on  duty  as  did  Hilty  when  not  playing  short  or  field.  All  these  men  play  nobly 
in  their  turns. 


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Baumgartner 


Roth  Hilty 


THE  OUTFIELD 

Those  who  roamed  the  gardens  tins  year  were:  Waldo  Roth  of  Gibson  City,  111., 
right  fielder,  Oian  Baumgartner  of  Pandora,  0.,  center  fielder;  and  Roy  Hilty,  Homer 
Sutter  of  Pandora,  0.  and  Fred  Amstutz  of  Bluffton,  0.,  left  fielders.  These  fly  chasers 
were  on  duty  and  rarely  did  they  refuse  to  take  anything  that  came  their  way. 

Ollie  is  the  veteran  of  the  out  field  and  with  his  eagle  eye  scans  the  heavens  for  prey. 
A  ball  coming  in  his  direction  found  itself  lodged  in  his  outstretched  hands.  Ollie  has 
a  gootl  peg  to  the  infield  and  the  keen  judgment  necessary  for  sending  it  to  the  right 
place. 

Waldo  Roth  broke  into  the  great  American  game  this  year  and  carried  himself  like 
a  big  leaguer.  He  pulls  the  hot  ones  out  of  the  air  or  drives  mean  ones  through  short 
with  the  same  detennined  grin  on  his  countenance. 

In  the  left  garden  several  aspire  to  honors.  Roy  Hilty,  Homer  Sutter  and  Fred 
Amstutz  are  contestants  for  that  sunny  side.  They  are  sentinels  of  the  better  type  and 
give  their  best  efforts  to  aid  the  team,  A  ball  landing  in  their  territory  can  be  marked 
as  a  putout.  Their  love  for  the  game  keeps  them  constantly  improving  and  we  may  say 
that  they  filled  their  positions  creditably. 


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Stettler 


Strubhar 


R.    Kiehbiel 


Bixel 


H.   Krehbiel 


TENNIS 

Tennis  still  holds  a  large  place  among  the  collegians.  Large  numbers  of  aspirants 
tried  out  for  the  vacancies  left  from  last  year.  With  Russell  Bixel  on  deck  again  a 
large  part  of  the  breach  was  closed  as  he  is  a  veritable  tennis  team  in  himself.  He  has 
any  number  of  strokes  at  his  command  and  uses  them  very  effectively.  His  service  is  a 
wicked  one  of  the  American  type. 

Lyle  Strubhar  was  selected  to  be  a  teammate  of  "Russ"  and  held  the  job  to  the  best 
of  his  ability  which  means  something.  His  tall  frame  makes  him  a  valued  man  at  the 
net  as  he  is  able  to  stop  all  that  comes  his  way.  Harry  Krehbiel  and  Sidney  Stettler  are 
the  other  two  members  of  the  squad.  Krehbiel  has  a  strong  service  and  some  good 
sti'okes.    Stettler  plays  a  consistent  court  game. 

When  these  men  get  warmed  up  they  are  dangerous  and  if  there  is  any  love  in  the 
game  it  is  in  tiie  opposite  side  of  the  court. 

The  team  has  been  rather  slow  in  getting  started  but  when  they  hit  their  stride  will 
"go  some".  Findlay  proved  the  exception  by  coppmg  both  matches.  Bowling  Green  and 
Toledo  fell  in  line  although  the  latter  match  was  interfered  with  by  rain  and  was  not 
completed.     One  match  with  Heidelberg  was  stopped  by  rain. 

The  dope  looks  good  for  the  team  to  clean  up  the  rest  of  the  slate.  Four  more  con- 
ference matches  and  a  return  match  with  Heidelberg  remain  to  be  played. 

The  popularity  of  the  game  is  due  to  the  efficient  work  of  Robert  Krehbiel,  Mana- 
ger.   The  College  courts  were  in  good  condition  this  year. 


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3E 


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■ 


Birky  Holtkamp  Russell  Brenneman  Hostettler  Birky  Stutzman 

Augsburger  Frantz  Kolter  Rohrbach  Stauffei-  Lieehty 

Habegger  Jacobs  Sutter  Basinger  Williamson  Luginbuhl 

THE  HIKING  CLUB 

Who— The  Hiking  Club. 

When— 4:30  A.  M. 

Where — Along  highways  and  byways. 

Speed — Five  miles  per  hour. 

Aim — To  earn  the  hiking  "B". 

The  Hiking  Club  was  organized  to  give  those  girls  who  did  not  play  basket  ball 
or  tennis  a  chance  to  do  some  athletic  work.  One  hundred  miles  must  be  covered  in 
four,  six  and  ten  mile  stretches.  Letters  were  given  to  eighteen  girls  covering  the  one 
hundred  miles. 

Clara  Birky  was  elected  the  Hiking  Club  Manager.  The  rules  were  read  antl  the 
girls  were  ready  to  start  on  their  pilgrimage. 

Almost  every  pleasant  day  found  two  or  more  girls  on  their  way  for  a  four,  six  or 
ten  mile  hike.  Starting  out  in  full  swing  they  fairly  fly  the  first  five  miles,  but  a  little 
rain,  a  bli.ster  or  two,  or  tired  limbs  bring  them  home  still  laughing  at  the  distance  but 
glad  that  they  have  accom.plished  som.ething. 

Many  of  the  girls  benefited  from  these  hikes  by  seeing  the  world  in  a  new  light, 
that  of  sunrise.  Then  refreshed  by  the  invigorating  exercise  of  early  morning  they  were 
placed  in  the  proper  mood  for  attacking  other  work  in  the  same  detemiined  manner  that 
they  cover  ground.  So  the  College  itself  has  benefited  from  the  work  of  this  organiza- 
tion. 

The  following  are  members: 
Zelia  Basinger  Ella  Rohrbach  Helen  Kolter 

Mildred  Brenneman  Mabei   Stauffer  Blanche  Stutzman 

Cleora  Augsburger  Vema  Sutter  Marian  Jacobs 

Lorena  Birky  Ruth  Williamson  Gladys  Holtkamp 

Cora  Habegger  Anna  Luginbuhl  Ruth  Hostettler 

Lydia  Lieehty  Agnes  Franz  Mildred  Russell 


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3 


TO  BLUFFTON 

A  toast  to  you,  College,  when  morning  is  bright, 

When  the  kiss  of  the  sun  wakens  earth  to  delight, 

When  the  wine  of  the  morning  runs  red  in  Life's  glass. 

And  the  voice  of  the  wind  whispers  "Wake,  for  I  pass!" 


A  toast  to  you,  College,  when  high  noon  is  come, 
When  gloiy  enriches  earth,  gold  from  the  sun : 

P'or  thy  manhood  is  strong  and  thy  daughters  are  true, 
So  we  pledge  in  Life's  goblet  a  life's  love  for  you. 

— 3— 

A  toast  to  you.  College,  when  gray  twilight  falls, 
When  shadowy  fingers  touch  softly  thy  halls, 

When  the  trees  of  thy  campus  stand  silent  and  proud 
To  guard  thee  and  keep  thee,  like  sentries  of  God. 


A  toast  to  you.  College,  when  as  in  a  dream. 

The  silver  of  moonlight  rests  bright  on  thy  stream ; 

When,  tangled,  the  webs  of  the  shadows  lie  still 
On  wall  and  on  field,  on  bridge  and  on  hill. 

— 5— 

A  toast  then  we  pledge  in  tones  vibrant  and  low. 

That  throb  with  a  love  which  thy  soul  cannot  know. 

Oh  Mother  of  ours !  In  that  great  heart  of  thine, 

Take  the  health  that  we  pledge  in  Devotion's  red  wine. 

Hilda  Leete  '20. 


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MAY  DAY 

QUEEN  OF  MAY— ELIZABETH  MOSER 
MAID  OF  HONOR— MABEL  SMITH 

ATTENDANTS 

Marie  Augspurger  Clara  Kinsinger 

Naomi  Steiner  Emma  Good 

HERALDS 

Alford  Moser  Waldo  Roth 

MAY  DAY  CHAIRMAN 

John  Geiger 
PROGRAM 
2:00  P.  M.  4:30  P.  M. 

Baseball  :Toledo  0  vs  Bluffton  6  May  Pole  Dance 

3:30  P.M.  5:00  P.M. 

Procession  forms  Lawn  Supper 

4:0t)P.  M.  8:00  P.M. 

Crowning  of  the  Queen  "In  India" 

IN  INDIA 

Operetta  Orientale 
Presented  by  the 

GIRLS'  GLEE  CLUB 

under  direction  of 

PEARL  MANN 

Synopsis 
ACT  I 

The  Central  Square  of  the  Indian  village,  Fishni,  on  the  banks  of  the  Ganges  Rivei*. 
The  day,  "Hu" — preparation  for  the  festival  in  honor  of  the  god  of  flowers,  "Ahu". 

ACT  II 

Same  as  Act  I.     The  choosing  of  the  Dancing  Girl. 

Argument 

Meerah,  the  most  beautiful  girl  in  the  village  of  Fishni  on  the  Ganges  River  in 
India,  is  chosen  to  become  a  temple  dancing  girl.  The  chosen  one  must  be  an  orphan 
and  Meerah  believes  herself  to  be  one.  During  the  day,  which  is  the  festal  day  of  Ahu, 
the  flower  god,  a  beggar  escapes  from  a  passing  procession  of  elephants  bearing 
people  from  the  hill  countries.  The  beggar  proves  to  be  Meerah's  mother  and  this  ren- 
ders Meerah  ineligible.  There  being  no  other  orphan  in  the  village  except  the  village 
scold,  How-now,  she  is  carried  off  to  becom.e  a  slave  in  the  tenaple  and  the  reunited 
mother  and  daughter  join  the  maidens  in  celebrating  the  day  of  Ahu. 

Personnel 

Simla,  The  Village  Pet Edna  lutzi 

How-now,  The  Village  Scold  Carrie  Sutter 

Meerah,  The  Beautiful  One Naomi  Steiner 

Veerah,  A  Beggar  Nelle  Lugibill 

Hear-No-Evil  Three  Old  Women  ...Ethel  Roulet  ,  ;.;, 

See-No-Evil  from  the  Mabel  Williams  "^^ 

Speak-No-Evil  Temple Agnes  Amstutz 

Chorus  of  Indian  Maidens  From  the  Village  of  Fishni 
Eflith   Steiner  Emma  Good  Hope  Carr 

Orpha  Brenneman  Mary  Price  Dorothy  Landis 

Eva  Geiger  Magdalene    Baumgartner         Elizabeth  Moser 

Ruth  Lantz  Esta   Lugibill 


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^E 


EAGLESMERE  CONFERENCE 

Peace,  beauty,  quietness,  a  place  away  from  the  noise  of  cities,  an  ideal  place  for 
thought  and  mteditation;  this  is  Eaglesmere.  A  beautiful  mountain  top,  with  its 
mountain  laurel,  its  rhododendron,  its  winding  trails  up  and  down  the  mountains 
amongst  trees>  rocks  and  flowers,  its  cottages  and  inns,  and  above  all  its  "Lake  of  the 
Eagles,"  are  those  sublime  contributions  of  God  through  nature  to  our  much-loved 
Eaglesmere. 

The  ten  joyful  days  spent  at  Eaglesmere  at  the  conference  of  Y.  W.  C.  A.  workers 
are  a  mixture  of  happiness,  laughs,  fun,  meditation,  appreciation,  Bible  study,  worship, 
and  careful  thought  at  Eaglesmere,  the  great  world  leaders  who  have  followed  high 
ideals  and  aspirations,  come  to  pass  those  ideals  on  to  young  girls.  There  also,  true 
friendships  are  formed.  There  thoughtfulness  comes  to  many  girls,  and  a  strong  de- 
sire to  live  a  life  that  will  be  noble  and  pure. 

Each  morning  was  spent  in  discussion  groups,  joint  devotional  service,  and  an  ad- 
dress by  a  great  leader  present.  The  afternoon  was  spent  in  reci-eation  and  sports  of 
all  kinds  from  rowing  to  baseball.    The  evenings  were  spent  in  addresses  and  programs. 

Perhaps  the  most  loved  and  best  phase  at  Eaglesmere  is  the  feeling  that 
through  nature  and  natural  beauty,  we  leam  to  know  God  better.  Eaglesmere  is  a  place 
that  each  girl  should  visit  sometime  during  her  college  course. 


LAKE  GENEVA  CONFERENCE 

Over  eight  hundred  delegates  assembled  once  more  at  the  annual  Lake  Geneva 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  convention  to  spend  ten  of  the  most  wonderful  days  of  their  lives.  From 
the  first  evening,  as  the  first  ship  of  delegates  swung  around  Prospect  Point  to  behold 
the  beautiful  broad  expanse  of  azure  waters  of  Lake  Geneva,  nestled  in  amongst  a 
group  of  low  wooded  hills,  until  the  day  when  the  last  parting  farewell  was  signalled, 
as  the  boat  vanished  in  the  distance,  life  seemed  to  be  too  full  of  good  things  to  be  true. 
"It  was  Utopia."  For  natural  beauty  and  harmonius  color  efl'ects,  Lake  Geneva  and  its 
surrounding  panorama  of  exquisite  scenery  is  apparently  unsurpassable. 

Amid  such  environments  these  delegates  from  nine  states  of  the  Union  and  from  a 
score  of  nations  from  other  corners  of  the  earth  met  to  consider  and  reflect  on  great 
world  problems.  Gi-eat  religious  leaders  such  as  Bishop  McDowell,  "Dad"  Elliott,  John 
Timothy  Stone,  Sherwood  Eddy,  J.  Stitt  Wilson  and  many  othei's  gave  stirring  address- 
es on  present  day  needs  and  the  accompaning  responsibilities  resting  on  college  students. 
Many  a  delegate  left,  at  the  end  of  those  few  days,  fired  with  new  inspirations  and  vis- 
ions and  filled  with  higher  ideals  by  the  irresistible  and  powerful  influence  of  those 
great  speakers. 

One  of  the  things  which  a  delegate  to  this  convention  can  never  entirely  forget  is 
the  wholesome  spiritual  influence  derived  from  those  wonderful  morning  watch  periods 
held  on  the  hill.  Different  Bible  and  discussion  groups  met  daily  and  discussed  various 
phases  of  Christian  work  and  social  evangelism.  Many  a  returned  missionary  delivered 
powerful  addresses  and  aided  students  in  the  final  decision  for  a  life  of  service.  Lead- 
ing men  of  various  professions  led  the  vocational  life  work  meetings  and  pointed  out 
important  relations  and  also  how  to  fit  one's  chosen  vocations  into  the  great  program  of 
Christian  life. 

Bluffton  College  was  represented  by  Sidney  Hauenstein,  Floyd  Byers,  Reuben 
Liechty,  Harry  Krehbiel,  John  Geiger,  Jephthah  Zuercher,  Elmer  Kennel,  Edward  Liech- 
ty,  Milo  Herr  and  Austin  Lehmann. 


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"DAD"  ELLIOTT 

Bluffton  was  very  fortunate  in  having  the  great  student  evangelist,  Mr.  A.  J. 
Elliott,  here  for  a  three-day  campaign.  Mr.  Elliott  is  a  student  secretary  of  the  Inter- 
national committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  for  the  Middle  West  territory.  "Dad"  came  to 
Blutrton  under  the  auspices  of  the  "Y",  and  delivered  a  series  of  seven  lectures  on  Jan- 
uary 17,  18  and  19. 

Mr.  Elliott  proved  himself  to  be  a  man  of  untiring  energy  and  strong  personality. 
His  appeal  for  positive  Christian  living  and  for  the  "plus"  in  people's  lives,  was  put 
across  in  such  a  manner  as  to  gain  the  consideration  of  every  student.  "The  attitude  of 
the  college  student  toward  the  vital  questions  determines  the  leadership  of  the  world", 
he  said.  "We  are  in  college  to  inci'ease  our  capacity  for  leadership  of  the  world.  We 
want  to  give  a  greater  and  better  leadership  than  the  preceding  generation  or  our  work 
is  in  vain." 

Throughout  his  lectures  "Dad"  showed  the  students  the  true  Christian  life.  He 
pointed  out  that  a  man  needs  mind,  body  and  spirit  if  he  is  to  amount  to  anything,  and 
he  said,  "We  should  not  forget  while  we  are  gi-owing  mentally  and  physically,  to  devel- 
op our  spiritual  power  also."  Does  an  audience  of  college  students  like  a  man  like 
"Dad"  to  tell  their  student  body  that  only  four  of  them  will  ever  amount  to  anything? 
"Dad"  told  them  that  and  then  proved  it  (almost).  He  showed  that  one's  moral  integ- 
rity has  a  great  deal  to  do  with  detennining  whether  or  not  a  person  will  be  "one  of  the 
four  or  no."  The  students  of  Bluffton  have  all  resolved  over  and  over  that  each  one 
wants  to  be  one  of  the  four. 

In  his  last  address,  "Dad"  gave  a  simple  formula  how  one  may  come  into  a  living 
friendship  with  a  living  Christ: 

1.  "I  must  have  a  fair  minded  attitude  toward  the  one  I  want  as  a  friend. 

2.  I  must  have  a  harmonious  association  with  the  one  I  want  as  a  friend  or  a 
common  interest. 

3.  I  must  acknowledge  the  one  I  want  as  a  friend. 

4.  I  must  serve  the  one  I  want  as  a  friend. 

5.  I  must  keep  up  the  friendship." 

Thus  one  may  have  an  everlasting  friendship  that  will  go  on  forever  if  a  person 
will  follow  the  foi-mula  and  pay  the  price. 

ANNUAL  BIBLE  LECTURES 

Leaders  in  religious  thought  and  work — men  who  have  met  with  more  than  ordinary 
success  as  preachers  and  teachers — men  who  do  not  only  have  a  grip  on  the  Bible,  but 
who  know  how  to  grip  men  in  the  intricacies  of  every-day  life — men  with  a  message 
from  the  Old  Book  for  present  day  needs,  are  invited  to  deliver  a  series  of  annual  Col- 
lege Bible  Lectures. 

We  were  very  fortunate  in  hearing  this  year.  Professor  George  W.  Richards,  D. 
D.,  LL.  D.,  President  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  church,  Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania.  Dr.  Richards  was  thoroughly  acquainted  with  his  subjects  and  proved  a 
very  interesting  and  helpful  lecturer. 

His  lectures  for  the  afternoon  series  were:  "The  Origin  and  Purpose  of  the  Bible;" 
"The  Origin  and  Meaning  of  Catholicism;"  "Luther  and  the  Lutherans;"  "Calvin  and  the 
Presbyterians;"  "Menno  Simon  and  the  Mennonites";  "Wesley  and  the  Methodists".  This 
series  of  lectures  showed  Dr.  Richards  a  thorough  master  of  history.  His  interpreta- 
tion of  the  development  of  the  early  church  was  an  inspiration  to  all  who  heard  him. 

His  evening  .series  con.sisted  of  five  lectures:  "God  and  How  We  Can  Know  Him"; 
"The  Mew  Age — What  is  it?;"  "The  Social  Gospel— Can  Nations  be  Christian?;"  "Is 
Church  Union  Possible?";  "Can  we  Still  be  Evangelical?"  No  other  force  contributed 
more  toward  the  inspiration  of  the  young  people  of  the  college  and  community  during 
the  year  than  Dr.  Richards.  We  owe  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  to  Dr.  Richards  for 
his  contribution  to  the  spiritual  and  cultural  life  of  each  one  who  heard  him. 


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'1-  Fpnton  Welly 

Krelibiel  Sonimors  Badertschci' 

Strubhar  Lehmann  BauiriKarlnei'  Stearns 


THE  MAN   FROM   HOME 
A  Play  in  Three  Acts 

Presented  by 

THE  CLASS  OF  1923 

Characters  and  Players 

Daniel  Voorliees  Pike  Lyle  Strubhar 

The  Grand  Duke  Vasili  Vasilivitch... .Robert  Krehbiel 

Tlie  Earl  of  Hawcastle  Tesla  Stearns 

The  Hon.  Almeric  St.  Aubyn  Reuel  Niswander 

Ivanoff  Amos  Badertscher 

Horace  Granger-Simpson  Austin  Lehmann 

Ribiere   Luther   Sommers 

Mariano Harry  Ramseyer 

Michele Leonard  Welty 

Carabiniere  Sidney  Stettler,  Thomas  Fenton 

Valet  de  Chambre  Thomas  Fenton 

Ethel  Granger-Simpson  Edna  lutzi 

Comtesse  de  Champigny  ...  Magdalene  Baumgartner 
Lady  Creech Edna  Hanley 


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THE  MAN  FROM  HOME 

Isn't  every  one  glad  to  see  a  mari  from  home  ?  It  surely  seemed  so  on  the  nights 
of  November  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  \\hen  the  Junior  class  presented  Booth  Tarking- 
ton's  modern  play,  "The  Man  from  Home".  Under  the  very  excellent  direction  and 
management  of  Miss  Boehr  and  Professor  Elmer  Ende  this  play  gained  its  place  as  one 
of  the  best  both  artistically  aiid  financially  in  the  history  of  Bluffton  College  drama. 

The  play  has  its  setting  in  Sorrento  in  Italy.  It  centers  about  a  breezy  individual 
one  Daniel  Voorhees  Pike  who  has  come  all  the  way  from  Kokomo,  Indiana  to  look  after 
his  ward  Ethel  Granger-Simpson.  Ethel  however  rather  resents  the  interference  of 
Pike  since  she  and  her  brother  Horace  are,  in  turn,  looking  after  some  of  the  "fine 
flowers  of  Europe".  But  even  the  Honorable  Almeric  St.  Aubyn,  the  particular  "fine 
flower"  in  question,  seems  to  be  more  interested  in  bull  terrier  pups  and  bally  bandit 
than  in  protecting  the  historic  name  of  St.  Aubyn. 

Then  there  ai-e  the  Comtesse  de  Champigny,  Milor  Hawcastle,  and  Miladi  Creech, 
the  remainder  of  the  "fine  flower",  who  are  all  on  the  track  of  John  Simpson's  money. 

Lyle  Strubhar  as  Pike,  was  without  question  the  hit  of  the  play.  He  portrayed  per- 
fectly the  slow  and  easy  going  Hoosier  who  cared  so  very  little  about  the  nobility  of 
Europe  and  so  much  about  John  Simpson's  daughter  Ethel.  The  skillful  interpretation 
given  this  character  by  Strubhar  marked  him  an  artist  in  this  line  and  did  much  to 
make  "The  Man  from  Home"    the  success  that  it  was. 

The  role  of  the  charming,  thoug-h  somewhat  willful  heroine,  Ethel,  was  well  played 
by  Edna  lutzi.  Through  her  grace  and  ease  of  manner  she  poiirayed  the  American, 
Ethel  Granger-Simpson,  in  a  degree  above  the  amateur. 

Magdalene  Baumgaitner  gave  a  splendid  interpretation  of  the  Comtesse  de  Cham- 
pigny, the  difficulty  of  which  she  .skillfully  concealed. 

The  part  of  the  haughty  Lady  Creech  with  her  eternal  "Don't  mumble  your  words", 
which  is  not  an  easy  one,  was  well  played  by  Edna  Hanley. 

Robert  Krehbiel,  or  the  Grand  Duke  Vasili  Vasilivitch,  better  remembered  as  "Doc", 
was  without  doubt  the  man  for  the  part.  Tesla  Steams  as  the  Earl  of  Hawcastle  and 
Reuel  Niswander  as  the  Honorable  Almeric  St.  Albyn  did  excellent  work  as  "pseudi- 
peers".  Austin  Lehmann  took  the  pait  of  the  all-too-trusting  Horace  Granger-Simpson 
in  splendid  form.  Amos  Badertscher  played  the  difficult  role  of  Ivanoff,  the  Russian 
brigand,  exceptionally  well. 

Some  of  the  very  be.st  acting  was  done  by  Harry  Ramseyer  as  Mariano  the  Maitre 
d'  Hotel,  who  saw  many  things.  Then  there  were  Michele,  Ribiere,  and  the  carabiniere 
played  by  Leonard  Welty,  Luther  Sommers  ,Thomas  Fenton  and  Sidney  Stettler,  among 
whom  was  found  some  more  dramatic  ability  worth  mention. 

Miss  Kettunen  so  willingly  and  ably  gave-  invaluable  assistance  in  arranging  for 
the  lighting  effects  and  the  scenery.  This  with  the  music  and  other  little  details  helped 
to  make  the  play  such  a  success. 


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"Y"  RECEPTION 

Each  September  brings  its  "Y"  mixer,  which  means  an  array  of  party  toggery  and 
fixed  smiles,  an  ever  lengthening  receiving  line,  and  a  wholesome  spirit  of  good  fellow- 
ship. The  "Y"  organizations  of  the  college  take  this  opportunity  of  welcoming  new 
students,  and  of  giving  faculty  and  new  and  old  students  an  occasion  for  becoming  ac- 
quainted with  each  other.  It  is  one  of  the  long  remembei-ed  events  of  the  year,  especially 
for  freshmen,  and  the  one  of  September  '21  was  no  exception. 

As  one  looks  back  to  that  evening,  these  things  are  brought  to  mind.  First,  it 
rained,  and  several  young  escorts  were  much  worried  for  a  time  as  to  how,  in  a  non- 
taxi  town,  they  would  convey  those  dainty  shod  Ropp  Hallites  across  the  Riley  to  College 
Hall.  Evidently  those  problems  were  solved,  because  no  one  was  conspicious  by  his 
absence.  Then  there  were  the  welcoming  speeches  by  the  presidents  of  the  organiza- 
tions, and  by  Dr.  Mosiman;  a  selection  by  the  Girls'  Glee  Club;  an  exhibition  of  scien- 
tific laughing  with  piano  accompaniment  by  "Dad"  and  Sam;  a  lengthy  exposition  of 
sound  fatherly  advice  to  freshmen  by  K.  K.;  a  speech  by  Prof.  Pannabecker,  which  con- 
cluded the  program. 

Then  followed  the  search  for  the  right  partner  with  whom  to  enjoy  the  refresh- 
ments and  for  a  time  College  Hall  resembled  a  dove  cote  much  more  than  an  institution 
of  learning.  But  by  this  time  it  had  stopped  raining  and  everyone  left  feeling  that  it 
was  good  to  be  at  Bluffton  College. 


Y.  W.  HIKE 

Besides  the  more  or  less  formal  reception,  each  September  brings  with  it  a  rollick- 
ing time  in  the  guise  of  the  Y.W.  liike.  One  sunny  Thursday  afternoon,  the  girls  and 
faculty  women  of  the  college,  clad  in  middies  and  sport  skirts,  gathered  in  front  of  Ropp 
Hall,  and  about  four  o'clock,  armed  with  kodaks  and  good  spirits,  started  the  hike  to 
Fox  hill  in  Eaton's  woods. 

In  a  few  minutes  (or  so  it  seemed)  halloos  were  heard  through  the  woods  ahead, 
which  meant  that  the  first  ones  had  reached  the  haunt.  Soon  two  big  fires  were  blazing, 
and  there  was  a  scramble  to  secure  "sticks".  Then  for  a  little  while  the  girls  were 
comparatively  quiet,  and  the  aroma  of  roasting  wieners  and  strong  coffee  was  much  in 
evidence.  When  each  ravenous  appetite  had  been  satisfied,  the  girls  sat  in  a  contented 
circle  about  the  dying  fire,  relating  experiences  of  former  Y.  W.  hikes,  and  singing  Col- 
lege songs.  Finally,  as  a  big  moon  came  up  over  the  trees,  the  girls  gathered  the 
baskets,  put  out  the  fires,  and  started  homeward,  voting  the  hike  a  big  success. 


Y.  M.  STAG 

Ask  some  freshman  what  a  stag  is,  and  he  will  tell  you  it  is  one  of  those  affairs 
the  "Y"  puts  on,  where  there  aren't  any  girls,  and  the  fellows  have  a  real  time.  Such 
was  the  case  at  the  "Y"  Stag  last  fall. 

The  affair  was  staged  on  the  banks  of  Little  Riley,  one  Wednesday,  a  couple  of 
hours  after  sunset.  It  began  with  a  hearty  handshake  for  everyone,  then  followed  num- 
erous fistic  encounters  with  the  mits  "en  barrel,"  and  a  milk  gurgling  contest  that  was  a 
sure  knock-out.  When  a  handsome  prize  had  been  awarded  the  winner  of  the  latter, 
the  fellows  gathered  around  the  bonfire  to  li.sten  to  a  number  of  talks  by  Coach  Berky, 
various  team  captains.  President  Mosiman,  and  President  Hai'tzler. 

After  this  part  of  the  evening  was  over,  the  fellows  lined  up  for  "hot  dog"  sand- 
wiches and  baked  beans;  and  for  one  solid  hour  they  crowded  about  a  seemingly  un- 
ceasing fountain  of  apple  juice.  Finally  "Dad's"  boys  got  happy  and  sang  several 
songs,  and  then  the  fellows  all  left  with  the  memory  of  a  very  pleasant  evening. 


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THE  COLLEGE  MUSIC  AND  HIGH   SCHOOL   LECTURE  COURSE 

On  October  4,  1921,  Dr.  S.  Parkes  Cadman,  world  famous  Brooklyn  preacher,  opened 
the  annual  Music  and  Lecture  course,  with  a  lecture  on  "The  Mission  of  the  Republic." 
The  appeal  in  his  lecture  was  directed  toward  uniting  the  Church  in  the  cause  of 
humanity.  He  clearly  showed  to  his  audience  the  necessity  of  uniting  the  Protestant 
churches  in  order  to  fight  Mohammedanism  and  other  heathen  religions.  That  our 
country  needs  more  leaders,  and  that  our  young  people  need  to  study  the  Bible,  were 
some  points  brought  out  in  his  lecture. 

The  second  number  on  the  course  on  October  18,  brought  to  Bluffton  the  prince  of 
American  Opera  singers,  Riccardo  Martin.  His  dramatic  power  and  virility  thrilled  his 
audience  in  the  tenor  airs  from  "Pagliacci",  "Rigoletto",  "Man on  Lescaut",  and  "Tosca". 
His  IjTics,  especially  those  in  French  and  Italian  were  sung  in  a  remarkably  pleasing 
manner. 

Montraville  Wood,  noted  inventor  and  electrical  genius,  gave  a  lecture  entertainmem 
on  the  evening  of  November  15.  Mr.  Wood  explained  simply,  yet  most  entertainingly, 
the  most  intricate  scientific  propositions.  His  various  inventions  were  demonstrated  in 
an  extremely  fascinating  way.  That  Mr.  Wood  is  very  popular  with  Bluffton  people, 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  this  was  his  second  appearance  here. 

On  the  evening  of  November  23rd,  the  Bluffton  College  Orchestra,  under  the  di- 
rection of  Prof.  Hauenstein,  delighte'i  a  large  audience  with  a  splendid  program.  From 
the  opening  strains  of  Barnard's  "Adoration"  to  the  closing  encore,  every  number  show- 
ed careful  preparation  and  was  enthusiastically  received.  Several  vocal  numbers  sung 
by  Prof.  Lehman  added  much  to  the  charm  of  the  program. 

The  twelfth  rendition  of  the  "Messiah"  was  given  by  the  College  Choral  society  on 
the  evening  of  December  11.  This  oi/atorio  has  become  so  popular  and  is  so  much  ap- 
preciated by  the  people  of  Bluffton  and  community,  that  the  gymnasium  was  used  as  a 
concert  hall,  and  was  well  filled,  in  spite  of  the  inclement  weather.  Prof.  Lehman,  as 
director,  Mrs.  Mann,  as  accompanist,  able  soloists,  and  the  Bluffton  College  Orchestra 
all  helped  in  making  this  rendition  a  great  success. 

Maurice  Dumesnil,  on  February  14th,  appeared  in  an  evening  of  piano  playing 
such  as  will  long  be  remembered  by  Music-Lecture  course  patrons.  In  his  reading  and 
marvelous  skill  in  playing  Beethoven's  "Appassionata",  the  player  made  clear  his  title 
as  a  master  pianist.  He  especially  excelled  in  his  playing  of  Chopin.  Part  of  his 
program  was  given  over  to  impressionali.stic  com.posers  as  Debussy,  Omstein,  and 
others.    An  artistic  interpretation  of  Liszt's  "Twelfth  Rhapsody"  closed  his  progi^am. 

On  March  9th,  the  Orpheus  Male  Quartette  entertained  the  Bluffton  audience  with 
a  varied  program  of  ballads  and  part  songs.  Altho  their  singing  was  somewhat  slug- 
gish, their  blending  and  shading  afforded  much  pleasure.  Mr.  Adams  showed  his 
ability  as  a  clever  minstrel,  providing  much  fun  for  his  audience.  The  solos  given  by 
the  different  members  of  the  quartette  were  also  much  appreciated. 

On  the  evening  of  Palm  Sunday,  the  Choral  society,  aided  by  the  College  orchestra 
gave  a  beautiful  rendition  of  Rossini's  Stabat  Mater".  That  Bluffton  people  really  ap- 
preciate music  of  this  class,  was  shown  by  the  crowded  gymnasium,  which  was  filled 
long  before  the  concert  began.  With  the  assistance  of  very  competent  soloists,  this 
concert  proved  a  gi-eat  success,  and  was  a  fitting  culmination  to  the  year's  Music- 
Lecture  Course. 


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STUDENT  VOLUNTEER  CONFERENCE 

A  missionary,  in  Korea,  wrs  caused  to  mai-vel  at  the  great  humanity  of  the 
benighted    heathen. 

"One  morning,  the  missionary  set  out  on  foot,  from  his  village,  expecting  to 
reach  a  certain  other  village  that  day.  As  he  walked  along  with  his  pack  pony,  he 
came  to  crossroads.  The  missionary  was  not  certain  which  way  to  take,  but  took  the 
one  which  he  thought  was  right.  A  native,  living  near  there,  saw  what  he  had  done, 
immediately  hailed  him  and  started  him  on  the  right  road." 

Many  of  the  still  darkened  lands  are  at  the  dawn  of  a  great,  new  day.  They  are 
awakening  to  realize  their  powers  and  possibilities.  They,  like  the  missionary, 
have  started  out  from  their  old  city,  enroute  to  another.  Will  there  be 
someone  at  the  crossroads  to  direct  them  in  the  right  way?  Someone  must 
do  it,  and  that  must  be  done  now — even  in  this  generation.  There  is  a  great  need  of 
watchmen,  well  trained,  to  man  the  crossroads  to  which  the  vast  tide  of  oriental 
civilization   is   moving. 

More  than  four  hundred  college  students,  representing  the  Northern  Ohio  Student 
Volunteer  Union,  heard .  messages  and  stirring  appeals  of  this  kind  for  nearly  three 
days,  at  the  Annual  Student  Volunteer  Conference  of  Northern  Ohio,  held  at  Mount 
Union  College,  Alliance,  Ohio.  The  conference  was  held  on  March  10,  11  and  12,  1922. 
Such  speakers  as:  John  Elder,  Dr.  Isaac  T.  Headland,  Dr.  C.  S.  Keen,  Miss  Dorothy 
Holliday,  Dr.  Edward  Dodd  and  others,  delivered  both  instructive  and  inspirational 
messages;  messages  which  made  the  hearers  wonder  at  the  vastness  of  the  field,  the 
greatness  of  the  opportunity  and  the  power  of  the  speaker.  The  days  at  Mt.  Union 
will  long  remain  fresh  in  the  minds  of  Bluffton  College  Student  Volunteers. 


CABINET  COUNCIL 

Cabinet  members  from  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Associations  of  Defiance, 
Heidelberg,  Ohio  Northern  and  Bluffton  journeyed  to  Findlay  as  the  guests  of  the 
Findlay  Cabinet  last  October. 

The  delegates  were  fortunate  in  having  at  that  Council  two  field  secretaries, 
Miss  Klenk  and  Miss  Halsey.  Miss  Annabel  Clark  of  Ohio  Wesleyan,  undergraduate 
Field  Representative  of  our  district  and  Miss  Helen  Barnes,  National  Y.  W.  C.  A. 
secretary,  added  much  to  the  effectiveness  of  the  council. 

The  opening  session  was  led  by  Miss  Klenk.  The  afternoon  was  taken  up  by  a 
joint  session  under  Miss  Halsey,  after  which  each  group  of  officers  or  committee 
chairmen  held  a  forum  and  discussed  problems  of  their  particular  work.  Following 
this,  all  present  were  divided  into  groups  of  ten  for  a  Bible  discussion  hour. 

The  Findlay  Cabinet  girls  proved  very  delightful  hostesses.  For  the  evening  they 
pleased  their  visitors  with  a  jolly  informal  party.  After  two  days  of  helpful  and 
enjoyable  experiences  together,  the  delegations  parted  hoping  to  meet  agaiii  next 
autumn  at  Heidelberg. 


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SUCCESS  AT  THE  WASHINGTON  CONFERENCE 

An  editorial  published  in  the  Witmarsum  of  December  10,  1921,  which  received  honorable  mention  in 
an  editorial  contest  of  college  papers,  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  National  Conference  for  Limitations 
of   Armaments. 

A  little  more  than  three  years  ago  the  greatest  war  in  all  history  ended.  Millions 
of  men,  the  flower  of  the  human  race,  sacrificed  their  lives.  Millions  more  today  are 
cripples,  invalids  and  living  testimonies  of  the  hell  through  which  they  passed.  All 
Europe  today  is  torn  and  bleeding.  Bankrupt,  starving  and  seething  with  political  tur- 
moil, many  European  countries  today  are  in  the  jungle  darkness,  having  lost  all  the 
precious  heritage  of  centuries  of  civilization.  What  principle  was  so  great,  what  cause 
so  noble  as  to  call  forth  this  supreme  sacrifice  from  the  whole  world  ?  "To  save  dem- 
ocracy", was  the  ideal  for  which  nations  gave  all  their  i-esources,  for  which  men  gave 
the  greatest  gift  of  all — their  lives. 

Was  it  for  the  present  conditions  of  starvation  and  turmoil  that  the  best  manhood 
of  the  world  and  the  resources  of  future  generations  were  sacrificed  ?  The  world  has 
paid  the  price — the  highest  price  in  all  history — for  what  she  thought  was  democracy, 
but  she  was  swindled.  The  Old  Guard  of  Europe,  guided  by  old  time  diplomacy  and  fill- 
ed with  the  same  old  cynical  attitude  towards  civilization,  led  the  world  back  into  the 
wilderness  from  which  it  had  just  emerged,  covered  with  the  red  blood  of  millions. 
"Failure"  in  large,  bold  letters  will  be  written  across  the  history  of  the  past  three  years 
by  future  generations. 

Today  the  world  turns  to  America.  The  United  States  is  to  lead  the  way  out  of 
the  v/ilderness.  Just  what  can  the  Arms  Limitation  Conference  do  that  will  be  consid- 
ered as  a  step  towards  the  accomplishment  of  this  great  purpose?  If  the  Washington 
Conference  can  change  international  diplomacy  from  jealous  and  selfish  bickering  to  one 
of  unselfish  vision  for  the  future;  from  hatred  and  suspicion  of  each  other  to  one  of 
sympathy  and  understanding;  if  it  can  help  to  remove  national  hate  instead  of  stimula- 
ting it  and  finally  and  primarily  if  it  can  convert  the  old  world's  diplomacy  to  under- 
standing and  reasoning  from  materialistic  national  ideals  and  suspicions  it  will  fulfil 
its  mission  to  the  world.  It  must  remove  the  spirit  of  the  God  of  Mars  from  inter- 
national and  national  life  and  substitute  the  spirit  of  Christianity. 

In  order  to  carry  out  this  higher  international  spirit  the  conference  must  begin  with 
the  specific  issues  at  stake.  In  the  first  place  thei-e  must  be  a  radical  reduction  of  arm- 
ament on  land  and  sea.  This  will  efi^ectively  lighten  the  appalling  burden  which  is 
crushing  the  people  of  the  world,  especially  in  Europe.  Secondly,  the  national  integrity 
of  China  must  be  respected.  There  must  be  no  more  exploitation  of  a  helpless  nation  for 
the  interest  of  rich  and  powerful  governments.  A  sane  and  sound  policy  in  regards  to 
the  integrity  of  China  will  eliminate  the  possibility  of  future  wars  in  the  Far  East. 

Finally,  the  Washington  conference  can  initiate  a  plan  of  world  cooperation  which 
will  bring  about  regular  meetings  of  the  great  powers  in  the  future  for  the  frank  dis- 
cussion of  international  problems. 

Our  civilization  is  at  the  judgment  bar.  Shall  it  continue  to  exhaust  the  entii-e 
world  with  its  increasingly  destructive  wars  ?  Shall  it  use  the  mighty  advance  in  science 
for  destructive  purposes?  Or  rather  shall  it  be  used  to  bind  up  the  wounds  of  bleeding- 
humanity  and  build  up  a  shattered  world  ?  All  our  scientific  knowledge  must  be  used 
to  conduce  peace,  not  war,  and  thus  further  the  happiness  of  the  human  race.  The 
peoples  of  the  world  are  looking  to  the  Washington  Conference  for  the  answer. 


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SEPTEMBER 

Tues.  13 — And  in  the  beginning  there  were  many  strange  "Things". 

Wed.    14 — Freshie    girls   meet   on    Science    Hall    steps    to    be    "introduced    to    the 
Freshie  fellows".     Y  stag.     Mellin's  Food  is  served  to  a  few  of  the  "little  ones". 

Thurs.   15 — Y.  W.  hike  to  Eaton's  woods.     Now  really  where   did  they  get  that 
H2  0  they  used  for  the  coffee?" 

Fri.  16 — Annual  handshaking  contest — ie.  Y.  M.  and  Y.  W.  Reception.     Ropp  Hall 
gives  freshie  girls  an  H2  O  reception  at  2  A.  M. 

Sat.  17 — First  edition  of  the  Witarsum.     The  Frosh  are  introduced  to  frog  pond. 

Sun.  18 — First  Vesper  service,  after  which  P;iu]  and  Beaner  promenade. 

Mon.  19 — Ropp  Hall  freshie  "fussers"  receive  some  blackhand  dope. 

Tues.  20 — Frosh  push  in  a  few  Sophs.  Petie  takes  refuge  in  a  tomato  patch. 

Wed.    21 — Freidinger   gets   into    the    v/rong    pew. 

Thurs.  22— First  Y.  M.  and  Y.  W.  meetings. 

Fri.  23 — Tug  of  War — more  crepe  for  the  Frosh. 

Sat.   24 — Bluffton   migrates   to    Lima.    Headquarters    at    Scheitl's. 
Troyer  and  Salzman  roost  on  the  hotel  steps  at  Findlay. 

Sun.  25 — It's  funny  but  it's  true,  Aldy. 

Mon.  26 — Nell  arrives.     Beaner  is  recjuested  by  a  member  of  the  faculty  to  return 
Paul's  Bluebooks. 

Tues.  27 — The  tlay  before  tomorrow. 

Wed.  28 — Evelyn   H.   sneezes  for  the   first  time   in   her  life. 

Thurs.  29 — Wedel  makes  his  debut  in  the  tennis  world. 

Fri.  30 — Football  practise.     Ain't  it  a  grand  and  glorious  feeling?     Ropp  Hallites 
step  out  as  Topsy,  Tillie,  Charlie,  The  Jiggs,  etc. 

OCTOBER 

Sat.  1 — Cabinet  girls  go  to  Findlay.     Bex  is  Dean. 

Sun.  2 — Alf.  Moser  installs  freshman  taxi  route  from  Columbus  Grove  to  Bluffton. 

Mon.  3 — Thyra  and   Tubby  see  grand   opera  "Scandals"  at   Lima. 

fues.  4 — Cadman  address — first  number  of  Music  Lecture  Course. 

Wed.  5 — Freshies  pose  for  the  picture  man.     The  hero  from  Dennison   attempts 
suicide. 

Thurs.  6 — Open  air  concert  led  by  Rebecca  Hoge — "Where  is  my  Wandering  Boy 
Tonight". 

Fri.  7 — Students  gargle  bean  soup. 

Sat.  8 — Usual  Swiss  reunion  on  Main  street. 

Sun.  9 — Austin  and  Pearl  stroll  on  the  campus. 


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Mon.  10 — Bummy  falls  up  Ropp  Hall  steps  while  carrying  a  pail  of  H2  O.     Nearly 
drowns  himself  and  several  others. 

Tues.  11 — Joint  Lit.  meeting.     A  Mr.  Ramseyer  calls  up  M.  Jacobs,  but  which  Mr. 
Ramseyer  was  it? 

Wed.  12 — Ropp  Hall  decides  a  parrot  will  be  a  better  and  cheaper  investment  than 
an  Edison. 

Thurs.  13 — Ropp  Hall  gives  Gail  a  shower.     Varsity  trims  H.  S.  in  football. 

Fri  14 — First  meeting  of  girls  gym  class — Pearl   Emory  Diller  is  present. 

Sat.  15 — Frosh  and  Soph  parties.  A.  M.  acts  and  P.  M.'s  secretary. 

Sun.   16 — Remnants   of  "the  five  loaves  and  two  fishes"  of  Freshman   party   are 
consumed  by  the  "five  thousand"  of  Ropp  Hall.    Revival  meetings  held  in  Thut's  woods. 

Mon.  17 — Breakfast  at  6:45.     No  chapel. 

Tues.  18 — Riccardo  Martin  concert. 

Wed.    19 — Indiana    club   organized.      No   honorary   members   admitted. 

Thurs.  20— Gar  nichts! 

Fri.  21 — Seniors  sneak  to  Berne.     Mable  is  delighted  with  the  city  and  with  "the 
folks". 

Sat.  22 — Many  are  out  of  town  for  the  week  end.     The  elite  remain  in  BlufFton. 
Joe  H.  attends  the  Junior  Prom  at  Ann  Arbor. 

Sun.  22 — Bob  and  Waldo  see  Detroit.     Les  and  Alf  see  Nelle  and  Peggy. 

Mon.  24 — Miss  Reist  takes  a  vide  with  Bob  in  a  pony  cart.     The  Humane  Society 
is  notified. 

Tues.  25 — "Irene"  in  Lima.     It  worked,  Peggy,  it  worked!! 

Wed.  26 — Don't  tease  Clara  B.  or  she'll  be  bankrupt — 45c  gone  in  one  biff! 

Thurs.  27 — Bedros  Kurkyasharian   leads  joint  Y.  M.  and   Y.  W.  meeting. 

Fri.  28 — "About  80  couples"  enjoy  hike  given  in  honor  of  Miss  Harriet  Scheid  '21 
and   Melvin   Krabill   ex-'23. — Witmarsum. 

Sat.  29 — Troyer  and  Salzie  police  the  campus.    Several  shots  fired  but  no  one  killed. 

Sun.  30 — Vesper  address,  The  Music  of  the  Bible  given  by  Prof.  Ende. — Let  us  sing 
with  Grace  in  our  hearts". 

Mon.  31 — Annual   Hallowe'en   party.     Prize  awarded  to  the  owner  of  the  widest 
grin.     Winner,  Alma  lutzi. 


NOVEMBER 

Tues.  1 — Second  floor  after  10:15  resembles  a  bowling  alley. 

Wed.  2 — Kraft  spends  his  leisure  hours  in  drawing  hearts  on  Junior  posters. 

Thurs.  3 — Noise  Proctor  bawls  out  Dean  Mueller. 

Fri.  4 — Dr.  McKeever  talks  to  girls  on  "How  to  Choose  a  Good  Man". 


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Sat.  5 — Ella  heads  for  Rawson  without  Mabel  and  the  tickets! 
Sun.  6 — New  case. 

Mon.  7 — Zehr  falls  off  his  chair  at  dinner — dizziness  probably — or  has  he  a  little 

sherry  in  his  home  ?     If  not,  why  not  ? 

Tues.  8 — As  a  result  of  parliamentary  drill  the  editor  acts  as  Pearl's  escort. 

Wed.  9 — Bummy  has  a  bad  fall.       Cheer  leader  tryouts. 

Thurs.  10 — "Starved" — The  motto  of  certain  Rop  Hall  co-eds. 

Fri.  11— Football— Toledo  0;  BJuffton  14. 

Sat.    12 — Pennsylvania   banquet. 

Sun.  13 — Prayer  meeting  at  7:30  A.  M. 

Mon.  14 — Divines  trot  out  for  basketball  training.     Ella  says,  "Root  for  our  side, 
and  make  it  Rosie  for  me". 

Tues.   15 — Illinois  club  organized.     A  banquet  is  assured. 

Wed.  16 — It  is  just  Wednesday.  W}i 

Thurs.  17 — Dean  Byers  speaks  at  Y.  M. 

Fri.  18— "The  Man  from  Home". 

Sat.  19 — Illinois  surprises  Ohio.    Ramsie  has  a  date  with  Troyer's  "sister". 

Sun.  20 has  a  date. 

Mon.  21 — Mumps! 

Tues.  22— More  Mumps!! 

Wed.  23 — College  Orchestra  concert. 

Thurs.  24— Turkey  Day. 

Fri.  25 — Everybody  out  for  Chapel.     Scripture  i-eading,  Gal.  6:1-10. 

Sat.  26— And   still   it  rains! 

Sun.  27 — Ethel   S.   says.  "You  can't  help  it  when   you're  in   love". 

Mon.  28 — No  joke  in  French.     Aidy  absent. 

Tues.  29 — Prexy  returns  from  the  Sucker  State. 

Wed.  30 — Pannabecker  impersonates  Kreisler.     Wifty  in  chapel.     Inspectors. 

DECEMBER 

Thurs.  1 — Wifty  talks  in  Y.  M.  on  "Relief  Experiences".    Mabel  and  Ella  entertain 
friends  at  breakfast  at  Pines. 


Fri.  2 — Thanks  for  the  sausage,  Beaner. 

Sat.  3 — Mumps  again! 

Sun.  4 — Nelle — (In  her  sleep)  "Oh  you're  so  kind  to  me" 


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Mon.  5 — A  few  have  fried  chicken. 

Tues.  6 — Chapel  address  by  Dr.  Winfield  Scott  Hall  on  "Man's  Upward  Struggle". 

Wed.  7 — A  new  member  added  to  the  Choral  society. 

Thurs.  8 — Fair  and  wai-mer. 

Fri.  9 — Les  and  Waldo  are  not  taken  to  breakfast  at  Pines.    Junior  reception. 

Sat.   10 — Sophs  give  three   cheers  for  "Pannabeckei-s",  "Bixler's"  and   "the   good 
eats". 

Sun.  11 — Annual  Messiah  concert  by  Choral  society. 

Mon.  12 — Much  loafing. 

Tues.  13 — Student's  recital. 

Wed.  14 — "The  Fighting  Parsons"  defeat  Varsity  in  the  seasons  first  game. 

Thurs.  15 — Mrs.  Cunningham  addresses  Y.  W.  meeting. 

Fri.  16 — Beware  of  the  mistletoe,  Nelle! 

Sat.  17 — K.  K.  proves  himself  to  be  the  slowest  man  in  B.  C. 

Sun.   18 — Prof.  Ende,  assisted  by  Men's  Glee  club,  gives  his  third  annual  Xmas 
recital. 

Mon.  19 — Y.  W.  Xmas  meeting  lead  by  Miss  Mueller. 

Tues.  20 — A  real  dinnei*.    Second  floor  has  whooping  cough. 

Wed.  21 — Northern  vs.  Bluffton — 13  to  15.    Xmas  recess  begins. 

Thurs.  22 — Waldo  and  Alf.  see  "Romeo  and  Juliet"  in  Chicago.    "Page  him?" 

JANUARY 

Mon.  2- — The  train  was  several  hours  late,  but  'twas  worth  waiting  for,  n'est-ce  pas, 
John. 

Tues.  3 — Vacation  ends  at  7:45  A.  M. 

Wed.  4 — Clara  Birky  wants  a  walnut  cedar  chest.     Wake  up,  Clara! 

Thurs.  .5 — Carrie  manife.sts  great  affection  toward  Abe  in  the  Chemistry  lab.     Is 
there  method  in  her  madness? 

Fri.  6 — Findlay  game,  and  we  win.    Wonderful!! 

Sat.  7 — Harry's  nose  jabbed  out  of  place. 

Sun.  8 —  Vesper  address  by  Pres.  Hartzler. 

Mon.  9 — Quick!  Bring  Beaner  some  swiss  cheese! 

Tues.  10 — House  meeting,  and  the  four  on  second  floor  look  foolish  when  the  Dean 
says,  "and  I  know  who  you  are". 

Wed.  11 — K.  K.  chokes  at  dinner.    Becky  and  Kraft  go  skating.    What? 

Thurs.  12 — "Too  faint  our  anthems  here".  — Chapel. 

Fri.  13— Unlucky.    Bluffton  vs.  Toledo— 18  to  19. 


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Sat.  14 — "Arthur"  receives  flowers  from  a  sympathetic  friend. 

Sun.  15 — Much  like  other  Sundays. 

Mon.  16 — Lecture  by  Dr.  Byron  King. 

Tues.  17— "Dad"  Elliott. 

Wed.  18 — Spagetti  for  lunch  (or  was  it  some  one's  back  bone?) 

Thurs.  19 — Special — Alma  Mater  sung  in  dining  hall  during  the  dinner  hour. 

Fri.  20 — Cram,  for  exams  are  coming! 

Sat.  21 — Miss  Moon  and  Miss  Mueller  find  that  walking  from  Lima  isn't  crowded. 

Sun.  22 — Everybody  out  for  S.  S.  and  church.     The  Glee  Club  sings  in  the  metho- 
dist  church  at  Ottawa. 

Mon.  23 — Student's  Recital,  and  more  cramming. 

Tues.  24 — The  pipe  organ  and  Piof.  Ende  act  up  again  in  chapel. 

Wed.  25 — Ruth  and  Clara  retuj-n  to  the  fold.     Manchester  game.     Nine  rahs  for 
the  Girl's  Varsity. 

Thurs.  26 — Registration.    Now  let  us  rest  awhile. 

Fri.  27 — 0.  N.  U.  vs.  Bluffton  at  Ada.    Ada's  feeling  fine.    Not  so  with  us. 

Sat.  28 — Faculty  Reception.     Prof.  Pannabecker  enjoys  a  little  (  ?)  punch. 

Sun.  29 — Dr.  Richards  gives  the  first  of  his  series  of  Bible  lectures. 

Mon.  30 — Will  there  be  a  class  in  Old  Test.  History  this  semester?    If  not,  why  not? 

Tues.  31 — College  songs  published  in  booklet  form,     appear — 25  cents,  each. 

FEBRUARY 

Wed.  1 — How  old  are  you  now,  Aldy  ? 

Thurs.  2 — Ropp  Hall  girls  help  M)-s.  Mosiman  celebrate  her  birthday. 

Fri.  3 — Bible  lectui-es  end.     Defiance  comes  to  Bluffton.     They  come,  they  see,  but 
they  conquer  not! 

Sat.  4 — All  things  come  to  him  who  waits,  and  so  it  is  that  Becky  receives  the 
long  hoped  for  letter. 

Sun.  5 — Boodagh,  a  native  Persian,  gives  vesper  address. 

Mon.  6 — Who  is  to  blame  that  all  the  notables  are  not  on  the  vesper  choir  picture? 

Tues.  7 — It  is  decided  that  there  will  be  an  Old  Test.  Hist,  class  this  semester. 

Wed.  8 — Divinity  students  make  their  Basket  Ball  debut. 

Thurs.  9 — Those  from  Missouri  ai-e  especially  invited  to  attend  the  high  school  box 
social. 

Fri.  10— Varsity  vs.  Bowling  Green.     Win  15-18. 

Sat.  11 — Clara  Birky  dateless,  therefore  penniless.     (Penny-less) 


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Sun.  12 — Voice:  (On  phone)  "Mr.  Miller,  are  the  street  lights  on?" 
Mr.  Miller:  "Yes". 
Voice:  "Will  you  please  blow  them  out?" 

Mon.  13 — Wash  day. 

Tues.  14 — Everyone  receives  at  least  one  valentine.    Ropp  Hall  assumes  the  appear- 
ance of  a  green  house. 

Wed.  15 — Dumesnil  recital. 

Thurs.  16 — Priscilla  and  Buhler  echange  leur  blanchisserie. 
Fri.  17 — Nothing  exciting. 

Sat.  18— Both  Girls'  and  Men's  Varsity  defeat  Toledo  U. 

Sun.  19 — Rev.  J.  W.  Kliewer  gives  Vesper  address  on  "Observations  in  China".    • 

Mon.  20 — Quite  a  few  Blufftonites  hear  Harry  Lauder  in  Lima. 

Tues.  21 — Obern  greets  Prof.  Ende  with  a  "Hello,  brother!"  Get  some  specks,  Obern! 

Wed.  22 — Seniors  "stack  with"  Divinity  students.    A  fast  game  says  Ethel  Schind- 
ler. 

Thurs.  23 — Zehr  leaves  for  New  York. — "Boo,  Hoo!  I  just  can't  stand  it!" 

Fri.  24 — B.  C.  invades  Findlay  and  defeats  them  33-17.     Beaner  and  John  go  to  the 
Majestic  (  ? )  after  the  game. 

Sat.  25 — Otterbein  game  at  Westei-\'ille.     No  reports  of  the  outcome  are  received. 

Sun.  26 — Dignitaries  of  the  glee  club  are  ditched  returning  from  Pandora. 

Mon.  27 — Student  recital.    Main  feature — "I  have  nothing  at  all  to  say." 

Tues.  28 — Bowling  Green  defeated  again.    22-17. 

MARCH 

Wed.  1 — Mai'ch  comes  in  like  a  lion.    Will  it  go  out  like  a  lamb  ? 

Thurs.  2 — Nelle  wins  contralto  solo  contest  at  Van  Wert. 

Fri.  3 — Levering  receives  a  special  delivery  package  at  dinner — but,  what  was  in  it? 

Sat.  4 — Varsities  at  Manchester.     Girls  win.     Boys  lose. 

Sun.  5—??? 

Men.  6 — Fritz  Hilty  tries  an  egg  shampoo. 

Tues.  7 — Ethel  R.  :  (at  house    meeting)  "All  those  in  favor  of  Lillie  Gratz  for  first 
floor  noise  proctor  please  close  their  eyes." 

Wed.  8 — We  did  not  go  to  Defiance. 

Thurs.  9 — Orpheus  quartet. 

Fri.  10 — Student  Volunteer  delegation  leaves  for  Alliance.     Jesse  Diller  discovers 
his  name  is  ambiguous.     Tournament  starts. 

Sat.  11 — Ada  Hi  wins  cup  for  keeps.    Varsity  vs.  Dayton — 17  to  16. 

Sun  12 — Vesper  address  by  Dr.  Parrish. 


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Mon.  18 — The  grippe  is  gripping  many. 

Tubs.  14 — Mildred  Russell  entertains  Junior  class. 

Wed.  15 — K.  K.  tries  various  treatments  for  his  "glass"  eye. 

Thurs.  16 — Mrs.  Hughson  talks  on  the  Industrial  Problem  in  Y.  W. 

Fri.  17 — Wittenberg  dames  make  an  unexpected  appearance. 

Sat.  18 — Ropp  Hall  girls  entertain  Ropp  Hall  masculine  diners.     Says  a  freshie: 
"Are  we  going  to  play  'Tally'  all  evening?" 

Sun.  19— Men's  Glee  Club  concert  at  Mennonite  church. 

Mon.  20 — Orchestra  starts  on  trip. 

Tues.  21 — Mabel  finds  a  rat  in  the  waste  basket  (but  it  wasn't  one  of  the  four- 
legged  kind). 

Wed.  22 — Mumps  again.    Paul  H.  this  time.    Alta  may  be  next. 

Thurs.  23 — Midgets  vs  Findlay  Y.  M. 

Fri.  24 — First  Base  Ball  practise  of  the  season. 

Sat.  25 — Orchestra  returns — Bummy's  trombone  is  now  for  sale.     (He  wants  the 
money  for  something  else.) 

Sun.  26 — Orchestra  gives  concert  at  Mt.  Cory. 

Mon.  27 — Student  recital. 

Tues.  28 — Major  is  almost  a  dead  one. 

Wed.  29 — Abe  and  Levering  advertise  the  Debate. 

Thurs.  30 — Evelyn   (coming  out  of  a  faint):  "Oh  B-B-Birky,  I  want  to  go  to  the 
show  tonight." 

Fri.  31 — Eunice  makes  a  sudden  appearance.     Double  Debate  Victory. 

APRIL 

Sat.  1 — April  Fool — it  didn't  rain. 

Sun.  2 — Orchestra  gives  concert  at  Mennonite  church. 

Mon.  3 — Naomi  Steiner,  assisted  by  Mrs.  Mann  and  Prof.  Hauenstein  gives  gradua- 
ting recital. 

Tues.  4 — Petie  elected  as  editor  and  Zehr  as  business  manager  of  1923  Ista. 

Wed.  5 — Prexy  hands  a  "B"  to  each  of  the  basketball  varsity. 

Thurs.  6 — Muskingum  Glee  Club  concert  in  Chapel. 

Fri.  7 — Bolivar's  "Friends"  plant  an  evergreen  in  his  honor.     Lone  live  the  ever- 
green ! 

Sat.  8 — An  interesting  Modern  History  hour.    N'est-ce  pas,  Petie? 

Sun.  9 — Stabat  Mater  given  by  Choral  society. 

Mon.  10 — Bad  weather  for  study. 


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Tues.  11 — John's  bonus  at  last — consequently  Beaner  partakes  of  a  Ash  dinner  at 
tiong's. 

Wed.  12 — College  bell  strikes  hours  correctly. 

Thurs.  13 — Easter  vacation  begins. 

Fri.  14 — Tues.  18  inclusive.  Glee  Club  starts  on  trip.  The  dorm  is  well  nigh  va- 
cant. Not  even  a  dean  is  there.  Debs  and  Waldo  nearly  get  put  in  the  calaboose — 
"Too  much  noise  for  boys".  Polly  and  Principle  Schryer  journey  to  the  home  of  the 
latter.    Ahem. 

Wed.  19 — Classes  again.    Major  lunches  in  the  college  building. 

Thurs.  20 — Bolivar's  evergreen  is  not  thriving — Too  much  rain. 

Fri.  21 — A  clipping  from  the  Bluffton  News:  John  Geiger  has  a  mule  on  which  he 
goes  to  see  his  girl.     (1879  or  1922?) 

Sat.  22 — The  dean,  in  her  pink  ceremonial  robes,  reads  the  law  to  five  disgraced 
Ropp  Hallites. 

Sun.  23 — New  theme  in  Lillie  Gratz's  Sunday  School  class,  namely — "The  Five  Dis- 
graced Ones". 

Mon.  24 — Seminary  stages  elaborate  banquet — Where  was  Alta  Smith? 

Tues.  25 — Glee  Club  returns.  Evidently  one  of  the  freshies  knew  not  that  vamping 
IS  out  of  order  for  a  B.  C.  student  else  why  should  it  have  been  said,  "That  little  girl 
with  the  long  strand  of  pearls  rolls  her  eyes  so  'cutely'  ". 

Wed.  26 — The  Men's  Glee  club  entertains  Girls'  Glee  club  at  a  dinner  party. 

Thurs.  27 — New  mail  route  established  between  Huffman's  and  Ropp  Hall. 

Fri.  28 — Annual  Y.  W.  flower-hunt  and  breakfast.  Fritz  stars  in  the  Bluffton- 
Bowling  Green  game. 

Y.  M.  and  Hi  Y  stag.     Beans  and  doughnuts. 

Sat.  29— The  fish  wouldn't  bite,  would  they  Mabel  ? 

Sun.  30— Vesper  address  by  Rev.  Albert  Schumacher. 

MAY 

Mon.  1 — Student  Recital. 

Tues.  2 — Open  Literary  meeting. 

Wed.  3 — Troyer:  (In  Mod.  Hist,  class)  "Gout?  Oh,  gout  is  a  stomach  trouble." 

Thurs.  4 — "An  auspicious  day  for  Bluffton" — Honor  students  organize  society. 

Fri.  .5 — Warning  given  to  the  Slothful  Ones,  ie.,  Tennis  Gazers,  etc.  Bluffton  de- 
feats Findlay,  22-15. 

Sat.  6 — Bummy  and  Mable  enroute  to  Berne,  fish  and  get  stuck  in  the  mud. 

Sun.  7 — Girl's  Glee  Club  sacred  concert.  Parties  from  Tiskilwakarusa  became  hut- 
dwellers  for  the  day. 

Mon.  8 — Bolivar  ignores  the  warning  given  to  Tennis  Gazers  and  consequently  is 
doused. 


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Tues.  9 — Chapel  address  on,  "Long  Haired  Men  and  Short  Haired  Women." 

Wed.  10 — Trans-Mississippi  club  picnic. 

Thurs.   11 — Mrs.  Mogiman  entertains  Ropp   Hallites.     The  revised  edition   of  the 
House  Rules  is  read. 

Fri.  12 — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  enteitain  the  Junior  class.    Mugsy:  "I  want  to  change 
my  name  to  Mary" — (or  did  she  mean  that  she  wanted  to  marry  to  change  her  name?) 


hard. 


Sat.  13 — Ach!  Beaner's  got  the  mumps!  Fi-osh  entertain  H.  S.  Seniors.    Lorena  falls 
\. 

Sun.  14 — Berne  invaded  again. 

Mon.  15 — Annual  faculty  picnic  on  the  campus,  (Science  Hall). 


Tues.     16 — Juniors     "hike"    to     the     woods     for    breakfast. 
vs.     Bluffton.    We  are  the  losers. 


Baseball — Defiance 


Wed.  17 — Lecture  by  Madame  Jennie  C.  De  Veyra  on  "Life  in  the  Philippines." 

Thurs.  18 — Usual  Y  meetings.     Miss  Moon  leads  Y.  W. 

Fri.  19 — Senior  Exams. 

Sat.  20 — Tennis  match  at  Heidelberg. 

Sun.  21 — A  fine  day  fcr  jaunts. 

Mon.  22 — ''Dad"  and  Mrs.  Lehman  entertain  the  Seniors  at  dinner. 

Tues.  23 — Much  studying — visions  of  coming  exams. 

Wed.  24 — Many  dates — the  vision  has  become  dimmer. 

Thurs.  25 — Y.  W.  feed  on  the  campus. 

Fri.  26 — Final  exams.      Gi'aduating  song  recital,  S.  L.  Flueckiger,  assisted  by  Pro- 
fessor Ende. 

Sat.  27 — Public  Speaking  Graduating  Recital,  Grace  Freet,  Vance  Shrider,  Kennion 
Kauffman.     Baseball,  Findlay  vs.  Blufl'ton. 

Sun.  28 — Baccalaureate  Services. 

Mon.  29 — Annual  May  Day  Exercises.     "As  You  l^ike  It".     Graduating  Organ  Re- 
cital, Faery  Huber. 

Tues.  30 — Memorial  Services.    Seminary  Commencement.    Varsity  "B"  banquet. 

Wed.  31 — Class  Day  Exercises. 

JUNE 

Thurs.  1 — Junior-Senior  Breakfast.    Baseball — Toledo  vs.  Bluffton. 
Fri.  2 — Twenty-second  Annual  Commencement. 


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E.  J.  BlBSOULER. 


LouELLA  Geioeb,  *14. 


1.  Hail    to  Thee,  dear  Bluffton  Col- lege,  Tem-ple  made  by  Ood*8  own  hand, 

2.  Fiow*P8  of  rar- e3t    hue    a-dorn  Thee,  Wildwnod  birds  Thy  pcaiBes  sing, 

3.  No  -  ble  tho'ts  and  high   i  -  de  -  ale,   Friendships  dear  we  owe  to  Thee, 

4.  Like    a      bea-coD  on    the  hill   top    Clear-er  still  Thy  ligbtsballsbine; 


Pil  -  lars  tall  of  Nature's  for  -  est  Guardians  to  Thj  beau-ty  stand. 
While  with  theirs'  our  voices  blending  Make  the  heav'ns  with  masio  ring. 
Clear  -  er  vis-ion  Thou  dost  give  as.  And  Thy  truth  ahatl  make  as  free. 
God'8  pro- tect-ing  care  be  o'er  Thee,  Thousands  wor- ship  at  Tby  sbrlnp, 


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Tune:  "Glorificatioo  March." 

GlOBQE   ROSENEBINS. 

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HONEST  POLLY 

Little  Polly,  coming  in  late  from  her  daily  9:30  walk,  excitingly  informed  the  Dean 
that  she  had  seen  a  lion  on  the  campus.  No  amount  of  persuasion  or  reasoning  could 
make  her  vary  her  statement  one  hairbreadth.  Later  that  night,  when  she  slipped  down 
to  the  Dean's  room  to  say  her  prayers,  the  Dean  said,  "Polly,  ask  God  to  forgive  you 
for  that  fib." 

Polly  hid  her  face  for  a  moment.  Then  she  looked  sti'aight  into  the  Dean's  eyes, 
her  own  shinning  with  a  tear,  and  said,  "I  did  ask  Him,  Dean  dearest,  and  He  said, 
'don't  mention  it,'  Miss  Polly;  that  big  yellow  haired  high  school  principal  has  often 
fooled  me." 

Ella  H.   (Looking  at  Rosie) — Oh!  my  eyes  hurt! 

Ed. — What  did  you  do  with  your  mustache,  Reuben  ? 
Grace  A.  (Surprised)  Why!  I  hadn't  even  missed  it. 

Miss  B.  (Starting  recitation  in  Drama  Class) — "We  want  to  say  the  last  words  over 
"The  Broken  Heart." 

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Ira  Baumgartner's  conception  of  the  Equator — "A  line  running  thru  Greenwitch, 
England." 


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Ma: — You  actors  usually  over-estimate  your  ability. 

Prof.  Ende: — Yes!  I  know  several  who  imagine  that  they  can  play  "Hamlet"  as 
well  as  I  can. 

Officially,  a  Soph,  and  a  Frosh  love  each  other  like  brothers,  but  unofficially  they 
Iiate  each  other  like  brother-in-laws. 

1822 — Wine,  Women  and  Song. 

1922 — Song,  Women,  and  Indigestion. 

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THE  REAL  MEANING  OF  "FRESHMEN" 

A  Freshman  is  a  highly  unstable  but  wholly  deligthful  bit  of  helpless  protoplasm. 

Question: — What  is  a  Senior? 

Ans. — Seniors  are  wonderful  bits  of  liumanity.  They  have  only  two  faults;  every- 
thing they  do,  and  everything  they  say. 

There  are  three  classes  of  creatures  on  the  Bluffton  College  campus,  who,  when 
they  seem  coming  are  going,  when  they  seem  going  they  come:  Diplomats,  women,  and 
crabs. 

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Miss  B  (in  drama  class) — "What  use  does  Marlowe  make  of  pathos  in  his  act  Miss 
Berky?" 

Clare — (who  had  been  chatting  with  "Grotie") 
Ev — of  whom  did  you  say  ? 


A  Store  of  Friendly  Service 

You're  welcome  at  this  drug  store  whatever  your  errand.   Call  on  us  for 
toilet  articles,  candy,  films,  school  supplies  and  all  drug  sundries. 

Agents  for 
SYMPHONY  LAWN  STATIONERY 
I.  P.  NOTE  BOOKS 
LIGGETT'S  CHOCOLATES 

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Dean  Byers: — (In  Psy.  class)  Reuben  L.,  what  do  you  see  when  you  look  at  your- 
self? 

Eeuben : — "Nothing." 


This  is  the  way  to  make  an  impression  on  the  campus,  said  the  Frosh  as  he  cut 
across  to  the  Science  hall. 


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Professor: — Why  were  you  absent  from  class  yesterday,  Mr.  Levering? 

Stanley: — "I  had  the  toothache." 

Professor: — Does  it  still  ache  ? 

Stanley: — I  don't  know,  Dr.  Basinger  has  it  noWc 


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Dean  Byers  (In  Psy.  class) — Will  you  please  put  up  the  window,  Mr.  Habegger? 

Joel — "It's  awfully  cold  out  today,  Mr.  Byers." 

Dean  Byers —  "I  know,  but  it's  not  healthy  to  sleep  with  the  windows  all  down." 


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"If  a  body  meet  a  body 
Coming  do^vn  the  street, 
Need  a  body  stare  a  body 
O'er  from  head  to  feet?" 


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It  Pays  to  Get  the  Best 

You  Wanted  the  Best  in  Education — That's  why  you  Chose  Bluffton 

College 

When  you  Get  Back  on  the  Farm  you  Also  Want  the  Best — 
You  will  get  the  best  implements  if  you  buy  the 

McCoriTiick=Deering  Line 

They  gave  faithful  service  in  your  grandfather's  day — why  experiment 

now  with  any  other? 

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@  1922,  David  AtUer  and  Sons  Compaoy 

IT  IS  A  "BUSINESS  PROPOSITION"  WITH  US  TO  SEE  THAT  YOU 

ARE  SATISFIED. 

Whether  it  is  Clothing  or  foot  wear  we  will  not  rest  until  you  are  pleased. 
We  want  you  to  be  the  judge. 

It  is  our  desire  to  make  you  feel  perfectly  at  home  while  in  our  store.  Come  in  any 
time,  whether  you  wish  to  purchase  or  not. 

A.  L.  BAUMQARTNER  &  SON 

"Dependable  Clothing  and  Foot  Wear" 


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YY    |1   |~^  1^      able  fit  of  anything,  we  say,  ''It  fits   like 
^"^  an  old  shoe,"  so  have  them  repaired. 

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Dr.  King  (in  Rural  Sociology) — Mr.  Reuel  Niswander,  did  you  ever  swing  the 
cradle  ? 

Mr.  Niswander  was  at  loss  as  to  an  answer,  as  there  are  two  types  of  cradles  so  he 
registered  ignorance. 

IN  DISCUSSING  THE  BACON  REBELLION 

Dr.  Smith — Mr.  Francis  (Geiger)  will  you  dispose  of  the  Bacon  for  us? 

THE  HEIGHT  OF  LAZINESS 

Aldy  has  hit  upon  the  idea  of  using  an  electric  fan  to  dust  his  automobile. 

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A  BRIGHT  ONE 

Tuesday,  Nov.  1st  (Eidsath) 

The  weather  was  very  unsociable  today.       (It  rained.) 

Lester  Kraft: — Says  that  it  is  the  "survival  of  the  fittest,"  but  that  the  fittest  is 
the  laziest  person. 

Question : — Is  that  going  to  be  his  motto  for  life  ? 

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Sam: — I  used  "How  can  I  Leave  Thee"  as  the  theme  for  my  Freshman  March." 
Naomi: — "Oh!  you  should  have  left  that  for  one  of  the  Seniors." 


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To  stand  the  strain  of  g-ym  work,  a  middy  must  be  well  made,  liberally 
cut  and  made  of  strong  materials.  We  believe  none  fulfill  the  require- 
ments better  than  Paul  Jones  Middies.  That  is  why  we  carry  them.  We 
know  that  no  disappointment  lurks  in  them  to  come  out  in  the  wash  tub. 

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Dr.  Smith: — You  have  to  go  North  to  get  West. 
Is  that  the  effect  of  your  Kansas  trip  ? 


Charles  G. — (at  table  consuming  much  food.) 
Ethel  S.— Oh!  don't  eat  Fast. 


Mildred  A. — (In  French  class)       I'm  cold. 
Corriene  L. — Here,  get  under  my  sweater. 
Jesse  Diller: — I'm  cold  too. 

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Lost: — A  pocket  book  by  a  Freshman,  green  all  over. 

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He  flunked  in  Latin,  failed  in  French, 

We  heard  him  fiei'cely  hiss, 
"I'd  like  to  find  the  man  who  said 

That  ignorance  is  bliss." 

Michaud: — "I'm  sure  having  hard  luck  lately." 
Harold  R.:— "How's  that." 

Michaud: — "I    went   to    sleep    in    my    7:4-5   this   morning   before    roll    call    and    got 
marked  absent." 


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Because  it's  the  best  for 
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The  Bluffton  Milling  Company 

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Tub  or  Shower  Baths — Shoes  Shined 

J.  O.  BASINQER 

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Where  Style  Meets  Popular  Price 


225  N.  Main  St.  Lima,  Ohio 

Everything  for  the  Miss 

Ladies,  Misses  and  Junior  Ready-to-wear  Millinery 
and  Furnishings 


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Howard  M. — "I  had  the  funniest  dream  last  night.  I  dreamed  that  my  watch  had 
been  stolen  and  I  was  so  frightened  that  I  got  up  and  looked  to  see  if  it  was  still  on 
my  dresser." 

Mabel — "Well,  was  it  gone?" 

Howai'd — "No,  but  it  was  going." 

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JUST  MARRIED 

Mr.  Pannabecker  was  going  uptown  to  buy  the  first  household  supplies. 

Mrs.  Pannabecker. — "Floyd,  bring  me  some  cold  cream." 

Mr.  Pannabecker,  returning  carried  a  bucket  of  ice  cream. 

She — Glancing  over  the  parcels,  said,  "where's  the  cold  cream? 

He — (Handing  her  ice  cream)  "It's  the  coldest  I  could  get." 

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A  DISCUSSION  OF  PSYCHOLOGY  OF  LOVE 

Kauffman: — Womeri  are  more  emotional  than  men. 
Clara  Birky: — How  do  you  know? 

Kauffman: — From  psychology,  the  psychology  said  so. 
Clara  Birky: — Well,  that  is  wrong.     That  psychologist  did  not  know. 
Kauffman: — I  am  basing  mine  on  experiments  and  it  works  in  one  case;  it  must  be 
true. 


TUBBY  COMMENTS  ON  THE  ECONOMICS  FINAL 

Mr.  King  might  as  well  have  tohi  us  to  write  out  a  complete  outline  and  then  ex- 
pand on  it. 


BASTIAN  BROS.  CO. 

Manufacturers  of 
CLASS  PINS  CLASS  RINGS  ATHLETIC  MEDALS 

ENGRAVED 

Commencement  and  Wedding  Invitations 

Announcements 

Christmas  Greeting  Cards 

Calling  Cards 

822-Bastian  Bldg.                                                                      Rochester,  N.  Y. 
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OUR 

** Gifts   That  Last" 


Comprising  Diamonds,  Watches,  Jewelry,   Silverware  and  Novelties 
represent  exceptional  values  at  prices  that  will  appeal  to  you. 


Basinge/s 


Jewelers  Diamond  Merchants 

140  N.  Main  street  Lima,  Ohio 

"JUST  OPPOSITE  OUR  FORMER  LOCATION. 


GOOD  CLOTHES  MODERATELY  PRICED 


EILERMAN 

Clothing;  Co. 


LIMA'S  LEADING  MEN'S  SHOP 


115-117  W.  Market  Street  LIMA,  OHIO 


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Notice — I  deliver  speeches  for  all  occasions.  Prices  cheap.    Fritz  Amstutz. 

***** 
Motto  (of  Seniors) — Never  let  your  studies  interfere  with  your  college  education. 

Mr.  Miller  (at  Faculty  Reception) — "My,  these     affairs  put  a     lot     of     Punch     in 
a  person." 

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Be  Careful,  Clarence! 

Obern — Whoever  follows  me  will  get  diamonds. 

Ecina — Then  I'll  follow  you. 

Obern — Follow  any  man  and  you'll  get  a  diamond. 

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Weber  (At  dinner) — Miss  Boehr,  I  like  tliese  apricots  better  than  peaches. 

Miss  Boehr — How's  that? 

Weber — I  can  stick  them  whole  in  my  mouth. 

Miss  Boehr — I'm  sorry,  but  I  can't  enjoy  that  privilege. 

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Vivian  (stumbling  over  Byron's  foot) — "Pardon  me  foi-  walking  on  your  feet." 
Byron — "0,  don't  mention  it.    I  walk  on  them  myself,  you  know." 


"Where  are  those  bills  I've  got  to  pay  tomorrow?" 

"Dearest,  I  fixed  them.    I  saw  how  tliey  worried  you  so  I  burned  them." 


It's  pleasant  to  know  who  is  able  to  care  for  your  clothes 

YOUR  PRIDE 

will  tell  you  that. 


THE  TAILOR  AND  DRY  CLEANER 

Can  do  just  what  you  want  done  to  any  garment. 

Get  a  line  on  this  shop. 

U.  S.  HOFFMAN  STEAM  PRESSING  IS  THE  BEST 
WAYNE  CEDARED  PAPER  WARDROBES 


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The  Realism  Test 

The  Ultimate  Triumph  of 

The   NEW  EDISON 


Repeated  Tests  before  Audiences  of  Music  Critics  have  demonstrated  that 

the  Edison  Re-Creation  cannot  be  distinguished  from  the 

Original  Performance, 

The  Edison  Phonograph  does  not  Reproduce  music — 
It  actually  RE-CREATES  Music. 

Ask  for  a  Demonstration — You  be  the  Judge. 


Basingep's  Fupniture  Store 


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The  school  of  experience  has  no  yell. 


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Harold  Bogart: — "I'm  going  to  quit  school." 

Norris  S. : — "How's  come?" 

Harold  B. : — The  more  I  study  the  more  I  know  I  don't  know. 

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A  face  is  that  which  keeps  so  many  of  us  from  being  handsome. 

***** 

Conductor: — Watch  your  step,  Miss. 

Her: — It's  safe  enough;  every  man  in  the  car  has  his  eye  on  it. 

***** 

Two  cubes  are  the  effect  of  much  evil. 

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There  are  two  degrees  of  intimiacy — stuck  on  and  stuck  with. 

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Lost — Round  trip  ticket,  gootl  for  one  ride  between  Rawson  and  Bluffton.     Return 
to  Ira  Baumgartner. 

***** 

A  watch  is  a  very  timid  little  thing.    It  is  always  trying  to  cover  its  face  with  its 

iiands. 


For  years  we  have  steadfastly  adherred  to  one  policy — 

Quality  Merchandise 

Our  success  as  merchants  is  due,  we  believe,  to  this  policy.  We  feature 
today,  as  we  have  for  years,  Merchandise  of  only  the  highest  standards. 
The  women  of  this  community  look  to  us  to  supply  their  needs,  knowing 
full  well  that  quality  is  of  the  iirst  importance  in  whatever  we  sell. 


J.  E.  LUGIBILL 

DRY  GOODS  AND  MILLINERY 

BLUFFTON,  OHIO 


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THE  UNIVERSAL  CAR 

BUY  A  FORD  AND  BANK  THE  DIFFERENCE 


Cars 


$348.00  F.  0.  B.  Detroit 


Insist  on  genuine  Ford  parts 


Ouchs 


$430.00  F.  0.  B.  Detroit 


We  sell  anj' where  in  the  U.  S. 


Stop 


L.ooh 


tractors 


)o.00  F.  0.  B.  Detroit 


Listen 


Cbc  Di^ic  JVIotor  Co. 


Menno  Bixel,  Mgr. 


Bluffton,  Ohio 


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I -»Sw-j—i ■— ^—^i^Mi  Jt^_j— aa— — ^— — ■*Mt-Mi^». 


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Mr.  Berky  (In  Chem.)  "'What  is  the  iiction  of  ammonia  on  litmus  paper." 
Lester  K.:  "It  freezes  it." 

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"He  who  has  not  a  gooil  memory  sliould  never  take  upon  himself  the  trade  of  lying." 


Seine  things  that  are  long: 
Skirts 
Vacation 
Laurel  Bauman 
Summer  days 
Life 
Some  things  that  are  long: 

Daddy  Legs. 

Head  

Rosenberger 

about  twelve 

headed 

nose 

How  - you  gonna  stay? 

Albert  L. — "Mother,  teacher  said  that  I  luul  talents  as  an  inventor." 
Mother  (Pleased) — "What  did  she  say  you  could  invent?" 

Albert — "She  said  that  I  could  invent  more  new  ways  of  spelling  words  than  any- 
body else. 


Wise  Clothing  &  Stioe  Go. 

Headquarters  for 

Clothing;,  Shoes  and  Gent's 
Furnishings. 


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BEST  YET  CHICKS 

Nine  different  varieties,  hatched  from  pure  bred  stock.     Season  opens  in  February  and 
closes  in  September.    We  sell  hatching  eggs,  poultry  feed  and  supplies. 

Write  for  prices  and  catalog. 

THE  BLUFFTON  HATCHERY  COMPANY, 
Bluffton,  Ohio 


Compliments  of 


The  Farmers  Grain  Company 


Dealers  In 


GRAIN,  SEEDS,  COAL,  FLOUR,  SALT,  FEEDS,  HAY 


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Dean — "Young  man,  what  do  you  expect  to  be  when  you  get  out  of  college"? 
Freshie — "An  old  man,  sir". 

Ella  R. — "I  wish  God  had  created  me  a  boy"? 
Aldy— "He  did— I'm  that  boy." 

"Hello,  this  the  weather  bureau?" 

"'ies". 

"Well,  what  about  a  shower  today." 

"Take  one  if  you  need  it." 

A  way  back  in  the  good  old  days 

When  folks  would  practice  saving  ways 
They  took  a  pair  of  father's  pants 

And  cut  them  down  for  brother. 
Since  then  all  things  have  suffered  change. 

To  practice  thrift  we  now  arrange 
To  purloin  litl.Ie  sister's  skirt, 

And  cut  it  down  for  mother. 

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My  Dear  Miss  Mueller: 

I  am  bothered  each  ilay  with  boys.    Wherever  I  go  the  boys  cluster  about  me. 
Can  you  recommend  anything  that  would  keep  them  away. 

A  Freshman. 
Ans. — Have  you  ever  tried  the  Kelly  cure  or  The  Neal  Institute?     They  guarantee 
to  rid  one  of  hallucinations  without  pain. 


Bluff  ton  Cement  Block  Co. 

Dealers  in 

BUILDERS  SUPPLIES,  CEMENT  BLOCKS,  SEWER  PIPE,  PLASTER, 

LIME  AND  CEMENT 


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Dr.  Francis  Basinger 
Dr,  Evan  Basinger 


PINE'S 

Restaurant 


DENTISTS 


Quality  and 
Service 


City  Phone  171 


Bluffton,  Ohio 


Page's  Ice  Cream. 


M.  M.  Bogart    |    5c=i0c        5c=i0c 


Automobiles,  Accessories, 
Harness, 


THE  ARK 


BLUFFTON,  OHIO 


Your  Trade 
SoUcited 


Agents  wanted  to  sell 
Clean-a- Valve 


SH ALLEY  &SON 


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Petie — (Passing  a  Monument  sign) — "Some  fellows  are  just  dying  for  that  man's 
monuments." 

"That's  darned  good,"  said  Miss  Reist  as  she  finished  mending  her  stocking. 

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Prof.  Berky — Kraft  did  you  filter  this  ? 
Les. — No,  I  was  afraid  it  wouldn't  stand  the  strain. 

I}:     :}!    iK     * 

Prexy,  to  Petie  Spangler — "What  makes  this  letter  so  damp?" 
Petie — "Probably  there's  postage  due  on  it." 

•^     t-     ^     *     :}; 

When  it  comes  to  handing  them  a  line  Bob  Hughson  has  them  all  tied  to  a  tree. 
I  saw  him  the  other  day  at  his  house  and  he  was  even  stringing  his  violin. 

There  are  two  ways  to  win  a  woman.  One  is  to  spend  money  on  her.  So  is  the 
other. 

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Can  it  be  True? 

Naomi  (telling  about  glee  club  experiences) — Yes,  at  Dunkirk  we  stopped 
the  "Flyer". 

Sam — Honestly. 

Naomi — Uh  Huh,  and  when  we  got  in  the  country  they  stopr.ed  and  left  us  girls  get 
off  and  pick  a  lot  of  dandelions. 


YOUR  PATRONAGE  IS  APPRECIATED 


A-  l|a«^natm  $c  S^an 


APOTHECARIES  &  STATIONERS 


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BLUFFTON  COLLEGE 

SAMUEL  K.  MOSIMAN,  Ph.  D.,  President 

INVITES  YOU 

TO 

MAKE  YOUR  LIFE  PAY 


TWO  DEPARTMENTS 

College  of  Liberal  Arts 
Conservatory  of  Music 

IT  HAS 

A  STRONG  FACULTY 

A  FINE  STUDENT  BODY 

SPLENDID  STUDENT  ACTIVITIES 

HEALTHY  AND  GOOD  MORAL  SURROUNDINGS 

WELL  EQUIPPED  AND  MODERN  LABORATORIES 

SPIRITED  HEALTHY  ATHLETICS 

A  GOOD  GYMNASIUM 

GROWING  LIBRARY 

FINE  CAMPUS 

IT  IS  EASILY  REACHED  FROM  YOUR  HOME 
EXCELLENT  BOARD  LOW  EXPENSES 

Write  for  additional  information  to 

C.  HENRY  SMITH,  Ph.  D.,  Secretary 
Bluffton,  Ohio 


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If 

Prof.  Ende  dismissed  his  classes  less  than  ten  minutes  after  the  last  bell  had  rung 

The  authorities  forgave  some  poor  unfortunate  for  talking  in  the  library 

Prof.  Berky  didn't  allow  you  to  take  his  tests  over  four  or  five  times  until  you  pass- 
ed    them 

Prof.  King's  sociology  courses  v.-ere  as  hard  as  he  makes  them  out  to  be  the  first 
two  weeks  of  the  semester 

Pi'of.  Miller  just  gave  one  chapter  of  outside  reading  for  the  term 

Prof.  Pannabecker  didn't  give  you  heart  failure  every  time  the  grades  came  out 

Dean  Byers  made  a  mistake  and  excused  an  absence 

Mrs.  Tieszen  kept  her  classes  a  full  hour 

Miss  Brenneman  aroused  argumentative  feeling  in  class 

Dr.  Smith  would  be  caught  going  somewhere  on  a  run 

Then  why  go  to  Bluffton  College. 

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Evolution  of  a  Student 

Freshmen:  "Please,  sir,  I  didn't  hear  the  question." 
Sophomore:  "Didn't  hear  the  question." 
Junior:  "What?" 
Senior:  "Huh?"    • 

I  Wonder? 

Where  did  the  Theory  of  Ed.  class  go  on  April  Fool's  Day? — Weber. 


FRESH  FRUIT 

A  DISH  OF  ICE  CREAM 

A  BOX  OF  CANDY 


INDIVIDUALITY— GRACE 
REFINEMENT 


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All  these  are  associated  with  the 
gifts  we  sell. 


Always  the  Best 


Bluffton    Jewel  rv 
Shop 

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JOHN  FETT 
&SONS 

DEALERS  IN 

HIGH  GRADE  HARDWARE 

AND  CUTLERY 

CHI-NAMEL  PAINTS 

AND  VARNISHES 


J.  W.  Althaus 

Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries  and 

Baked  Goods. 
We  appreciate  your  patronage. 


Bluffton,  Ohio 


Bob  Lewis 

FOR 

The  Best  in  Tonsorial  Work. 

Your  laundry  promptly  taken 
care  of. 


Groceries 

We  have  at  all  times  a  fine 
line  of  Staple  and  Fancy  grocer- 
ies. 


The  Shop  on 

Cherry  Street 


Reichenbach 

Grocery 


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Was  He  Swearing? 

When  I  was  young,  said  Professor  Miller,  we  used  to  walk  a  great  deal.  Why 
we  walked  to  a  Dam  Sight. 

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Herbert  L. — I  bet  we  play  our  Edison  more  than  anyone  else. 

Lester  Kraft — I  bet  not.    Why,  Beeshys  play  theirs  everytime  I  come  down. 

A  Two-Role  Fillum  Play 

The  Hero  Floyd  Byers 

The  Heroine  Ida  Kennel 

Time:  Any  time  and  all  the  time  (7  A.  M.  to  11:95  P.  M.) 

Scenario 

Scene  I  (Anywhere  and  everywhere) — Enter,  arm  in  arm;  talk  confidentially;  regis- 
ter deep  stuff;  smile  into  each  other's  eyes;  keep  on  walking — never  stop;  exit. 

Scene  H — Repeat  scene  I. 

Scene  HI  to  IX  to  the  ninth  power  of  IX;  Repeat  above  two  scenes  without  varia- 
tions except  for  Scene  XI  which  is  laid  in  Ropp  Hall  Parlors. 

:(:      :^:      :};      ^      :*,; 

Esta  or  Esta 

Mrs.  Tieszen — Mr.  Stultz,  pick  out  a  verb  in  that  sentence  and  conjugate. 

Norris — Esta — E^ 

Mrs.  Tieszen  (ironically) — What  does  that  mean,  I  these,  you  those,  he  this? 

What  Kind? 

Austin  L.  (explaining) — Why  yes^  I  have  a  case  in  mind. 


Compliments  of 


WILL  A.  TRIPLETT 


'The  Ista  Photographer' 


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Woman's  Friend  Power  Washer 


IT  COMES  TO  BE  A  JOY  AND  BOON, 
It  does  not  come  a  day  too  soon, 
It  brings  to  Woman's  vroes  and  end — 
The  Power  Washer,  Woman's  Friend. 


It  it  the  handiest  washer  out; 

It's  what  all  women  talk  about; 

No  more  o'er  washboards  need  they  bend 

If  they  have  got  a  Woman's  Friend. 

It  is  so  kindly  in  its  ways 

It  takes  the  dread  of  washing  days, 

You  only  merely  superintend 

With  cheery  smiles  the  Woman's  Friend. 

It  is  the  thing  the  age  demands; 

It  takes  the  work  from  Woman's  hands. 

And  very  little  time  they  spend 

In  washing  with  the  Woman's  Friend. 


It's  just  as  clever  as  can  be, 
It's  washing  done  by  Science,  See? 
Of  all  the  washers  that  they  vend 
The  easiest  is  the  Woman's  Friend. 

It's  the  least  harmful  bless  your  souls, 
It  wrings  the  clothes  with  rubber  rolls, 
There's  nothing  that  you  have  to  mend, 
After  you  wash  with  the  Woman's 
Friend. 

It  is  a  little  laundry  plant, 
The  very  finest  that's  extant; 
Washing  and  wringing  in  one  blend. 
All  parts  right  there  in  the  Woman's 
Friend. 

It's  made  home  washings  now  the  fad, 
It  is  the  washer  that  makes  you  glad; 
Blue   Monday  far  away  will  wend, 
Bi-ight  Monday  comes  with  the  Woman's 
Friend. 


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Does  Anyone  Know? 

Reuben  is  still  wondei-ing  where  those  walnuts  came  from  that  he  found  in  his  bed, 
on  the  orchestra  trip. 


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Lillie  B. — Have  you  read  "Freckles?" 
Tommy  F. — No,  mine  are  brown. 


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"Love  is  like  an  onion 
We  taste  it  with  delight; 
But  when  'tis  gone  we  wonder 
Whatever  made  us  bite." 


;Ji;      >;•-      ^      ■^      ^ 


Stranger:  "Pardon  me,  but  are  you  Prof.  Ende?" 
Lyle  (bored):  "Gosh  no,  I  got  this  tie  for  my  birthday." 


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Ruth  Williamson  has  an  injured  foot.    The  doctors  say  it  is  sympathetic  suffering. 


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'Beaner" — Girls,  I'm  going  to  Lima. 

—Why  ? 
'Beaner" — John  got  his  "bonus"  today. 


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Miss  Boehr — What's  the  matter,  did  you  burn  the  water? 
Bex — I  guess  so,  I  can't  see  anything  but  the  ashes. 


SERVE  SANDWICHES 

made  with  our  special  sandwich  bread. 
It  cuts  splendidly  and  without  crumb- 
ling even  when  very  thin  slices  are 
desired.  You  v/ill  find  it  fine  in  flavor 
and  that  it  will  make  your  sandwiches 
taste  better  than  ever  before.  Serve 
our  cake,  too.  It  is  delicious  in  every 
way. 

SIEFIELD   BAKERY 


NOTICE! 
Shoe  Repairing 


We  mend  the  rips 
And  patch  the  holes, 
Build  up  the  heels 
And  patch  your  soles. 


"Service"  is  my  Motto 

Bluffton 

Tire  Repair 

Frank  D.  Ward    0pp.  City  Bldg. 


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The  Bluffton 
Implement  & 
Harness  Co. 


We  know  what  You  Like 
so 

We  have  what  You  Like 


DEALERS  IN 


Our  line  of  Groceries,  Fruits  and 
Staple  Vegetables  is  all  you  could 
wish  for. 


BUGGIES,     AGRICULTURAL  I 

IMPLEMENTS,  LIGHT  AND  I 

HEAVY  HARNESS,  FIELD  I  THOMPSON'S 

FENCE,  GASOLINE  i  ^ 

urocery 

ENGINES  AND  WASHERS  =  '^ 

i  Opposite  Interuiban  Station 

Capital   $60,000  \  T»        y^  • 

Surplus $25,000         L.  T.  Qrediiig^ 

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Established  1887  I 

Bluffton,  Ohio  I 

OFFICERS  [  HARDWARE,  STOVES, 

N.  W.  Cunningham  President  i 

Julius  Wise  Vice  President  i  FURNACES,   PAINTS, 

I.  B.  Beeshy  Cashier  : 

D.  W.  Bixler  Ass't.  Cashier  [  TINWARE,   ROOFING 

DIRECTORS  I  AND  SPOUTING 

N.  W.  Cunningham  Julius  Wise  = 

J.  B.  Marshall  A.  E.  Lugibill  | 

J.  W.  Montgomery  I.  B.  Beeshy  | 

Noah  Moser  § 

Your  Business  is  solicited  \  BLUFFTON,  OHIO 

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Bob. — Set  the  alarm  for  two. 
Harry — Sure,  for  you  and  Nelle? 

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I'^reshie — "Did  you  hear  about  that  fellow  that  swallowed  a  spoon?" 
Soph. — "No,  what  about  him?" 
Freshie — "Why,  he  can't  stir!" 

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Mr.  Ende — Who  should  I  thank  for  the  May  basket  brot  to  my  door?                                            'r 
Y.  W.  Girl — Well,  no  one  in  particular.    We  all  gathered  them. 

Mr.  Ende — Well,  I  see  charity  begins  at  home.     They  left  me  a  basket  of  "Dutch- 
man's Britches." 

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V                      Prof.  Miller — Yes,  you  know  everything  when  the  Witmarsum  comes  out. 

Doris — "I  got  zero  in  algebra  today." 

Obern — "That's  nothing." 

Doris — "What's  nothing."                                                                                                                            A 

Obern— "Zero." 

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Prof.  Pannabecker  (in  chemistry) — "Where  do  we  start  today?" 
Augspurger — "With  matches." 

■  ■                      Byers — "Did  you  take  that  "Ista"  material  up  to  the  News  office?" 

Myers— "No,  I  gave  it  to  K.  K."                                                                                                             9 
Byers — "If  I  had  known  I  was  sending  a  donkey  I  would  have  gone  myself." 

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Bauer — What  is  the  most  nervous  thing  next  to  a  girl  ? 
Bauman — Me,  next  to  a  girl. 

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Bright  Student — "I  sent  you  some  suggestions  telling  you  how  to  make  your  annu- 
al more  interesting.    Have  you  carried  out  my  ideas?" 

Editor — "Did  you  meet  the  office  boy  with  the  waste  basket?" 

Student— "Yes." 

Editor — "Well,  he  was  carrying  out  your  ideas." 

Miss  Kettunen — "May  I  have  a  moment  of  your  time?" 

Dean  Byers — "Certainly." 

Miss  Kettunen — "I  want  to  tell  you  all  I  know." 

Dr.  Smith — "By  the  way,  they  just  discovered  a  mummy  who  was  about  sixteen 
years  old  when  he  died.    He  is  said  to  be  over  2,000  years  old  now." 
Student — "Does  that  include  the  16  he  lived?" 

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Such  Things  Happen  When  the  Y.  M.  goes  Fishing 

Austin  (pulling  one  of  his  cabinet  members  out  of  the  water) — "How  did  you  come 
to  fall  in  ?" 

Cabinet  M. — "I  didn't  come  to  fall  in.    I  came  to  fish." 

Who  Does  He  Mean? 

Prof.  Miller — "Can  you  be  sure  that  there  is  anyone  in  this  world  besides  yourself?" 
Zuei-cher — "I'm  not  sure,  but  I  think  I  saw  one  person." 


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Freshman — "Professor,  may  I  ask  just  one  more  question?"' 
Patient  Prof. — "Yes,  my  boy,  just  one  more." 

Freshman — "Well,  then,  why  is  it  that  altho  marble  has  no  eyes,  people  talk  of 
marble  stairs?" 

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Miss  Brenneman — "What's  youf  hurry?" 

Ethia  lutzi — "I  want  to  catch  a  car." 

Miss  Brenneman — "I  tliot  it  woukl  be  something  beginning  with  C." 

Prof. — Move  a  point  and  we  get  a  line;  move  a  line  and  we  get  a  plane;  move  a 
plane  and  we  get — 
Soph — Shavings. 

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Religion 

Religion  is  the  reezun  fer  folks  bein'  up  rite. 

The  lak  of  it  causes  em  ter  be  down  rite. 

Nobudy  is  unhappy  with  it,  or  happy  without  it. 

It's  your  best  friend  in  adversity. 

It  don't  ask  nuthin'  except  fer  you  ter  be  desent  when  your  prosperous. 

Religion  is  the  one  thing  that  will  stand  by  you  as  long  as  you  stand  by  it. 

Anybudy  whose   against   it   is   fitin'  his   own   interests. 

Religion  don't  discrimernate. 

If  you  ain't  got  none  there's  something  wrong. 

Better  git  a  little  an  be  cured,  I  say. 


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